Pain perception in disorders of consciousness: Neuroscience, clinical care, and ethics in dialogue

Neuroethics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-50

  Demertzi, A ^a,b   Racine, E ^c,d,e   Bruno, M A ^a,b   Ledoux, D ^a   Gosseries, O ^a,b   Vanhaudenhuyse, A ^a,b   Thonnard, M ^a,b   Soddu, A ^a,b   Moonen, G ^a,b   Laureys, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; End of life; Ethics; Minimally conscious state; Pain; Survey; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; COMA RECOVERY SCALE REVISED; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTION COMA SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RELIGION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84875263204     PISSN: 18745490     EISSN: 18745504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12152-011-9149-x     Document Type: Article

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