The vegetative state: guidance on diagnosis and management.
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The permanent vegetative state: practical guidance on diagnosis and management.
Patients who survive catastrophic brain damage may be left permanently unaware—in the permanent vegetative state. Many doctors are likely to manage these patients at some point in their career. The diagnosis has been the subject of reports prepared by official bodies. It has been defined as “a clinical condition of unawareness of self and environment in which the patient breathes spontaneously,...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical medicine
دوره 3 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003