Catholic Bioethics
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ARE for the
UNCONSCIOUS
 

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COMA, THE PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE, and BRAIN DEATH:


13. CARE for the UNCONSCIOUS: COMA, THE PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE, and BRAIN DEATH

13.1 Unconsciousness, Brain Death, and the Vatican
13.1.1. MEDICAL DEFINITIONS: DISORDERS of CONSCIOUSNESS
13.1.2. BRAIN DEATH and THE MAGISTERIUM

13.2 Desires of the Unconscious: What patients Actually Want
13.2.1. DISABLED PATIENT OFFERS A WARNING
13.2.2. UNEXPECTED AWARENESS and MISDIAGNOSES

13.3 New Studies on the Persistent Vegetative State
13.3.1
WILLFUL MODULATION of BRAIN ACTIVITY (NEJM)
13.3.2
PROF. ADRIAN OWENS - Investigator/Crusader for the Unconscious


READING:

 

Readings: Course Website; May ch. 7, pp. 285-314; Vatican: Concept of Brain Death is Valid.

American Acad.Neurology 2018 Revised Practice Guidelines: https://www.aan.com/Guidelines/home/GuidelineDetail/926


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