Overview
- Consolidates the most recent developments in coma and disorders of consciousness
- Presents an international perspective
- Includes many new chapters, including covert cognition, spasticity in disorders of consciousness, and near-death experience
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About this book
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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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Caroline Schnakers and Steven Laureys
Coma Science Group
Cyclotron Research Centre
University of Liege
Liège, Belgium
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
Editors: Caroline Schnakers, Steven Laureys
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55964-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85791-6Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55964-3Published: 01 September 2017
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVII, 276
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Rehabilitation, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Neuroradiology