This revised and expanded second edition discusses the assessment and treatment of patients recovering from coma and disorders of consciousness. Besides diagnostic, prognostic and ethical issues, this book describes well-established techniques and procedures, and also techniques under development. New chapters include consciousness theories, issues relating to long-term care, and neuromodulation treatments.
Coma and Disorders of Consciousness, Second Edition is a comprehensive review of the field for clinicians and researchers, regardless of whether they are already familiar with the difficult but exciting field of disorders of consciousness.
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Caroline Schnakers and Steven Laureys
Coma Science Group
Cyclotron Research Centre
University of Liege
Liège, Belgium
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“This is an up-to-date, comprehensive review of research into disorders of consciousness. ... The authors employ a good evidence-based approach to integrating several different aspects of this field into this book. ... For researchers ... this book is an up-to-date collection of information appropriate for those either already in or even just interested in the field of disorders of consciousness.” (Scott D. Spritzer, Doody’s Review Service, December, 2012)
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