The prevalence of patients in a vegetative state and minimally conscious state in nursing homes in Austria

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1101-1107

  Donis, Johann ^a   Kräftner, Bernd ^b,c  

^a Centre for Geriatrics am Wienerwald   (Austria)

^b Working Group Xperiment   (Austria)

^c University of Applied Art   (Austria)

Author keywords

long term care; minimally conscious state; Neurorehabilitation; prevalence; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NURSING HOME; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80052781941     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.577047     Document Type: Article

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