Ethical Aspects of Disordered States of Consciousness

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1055-1071

  Rubin, Emily B ^a   Bernat, James L ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Disordered consciousness; End of life care; Ethics; Minimally conscious state; Surrogate decision making; Traumatic brain injury; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

COMA; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WAKEFULNESS;

CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 80055114871     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: 15579875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2011.07.007     Document Type: Review

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