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Disorders of consciousness
Author(s) -
ASHWAL STEPHEN
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/dmcn.12031
Subject(s) - statement (logic) , medicine , consciousness , pediatrics , persistent vegetative state , medline , psychiatry , psychology , family medicine , minimally conscious state , law , neuroscience , political science
‘Good facts make good ethics’ is a statement often quoted by medical ethicists and it certainly applies to children with disorders of consciousness. This article is a brief commentary on the three major disorders of consciousness (and related published guidelines or case definitions) that general ⁄ developmental pediatricians and child neurologists may see and should have familiarity in diagnosing and managing.