Different beliefs about pain perception in the vegetative and minimally conscious states: a European survey of medical and paramedical professionals

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue C, 2009, Pages 329-338

  Demertzi, A ^a   Schnakers, C ^a   Ledoux, D ^a   Chatelle, C ^a   Bruno, M A ^a   Vanhaudenhuyse, A ^a   Boly, M ^a   Moonen, G ^b   Laureys, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

brain injury; disorders of consciousness; end of life; ethics; neuroimaging; pain; survey; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949132546     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17722-1     Document Type: Review

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