Disorders of consciousness and disordered care: Families, caregivers, and narratives of necessity

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1934-1939

  Fins, Joseph J ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Brain injury; Disability and civil rights; Disorders of consciousness; Family narratives; Neuroethics; Rehabilitation; Vegetative State

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NARRATIVE; PATIENT CARE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84884702071     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.028     Document Type: Note

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