Disorders of Consciousness (DoCs) raise difficult and complex questions about the value of
life for persons with impaired consciousness, the rights of persons unable to make medical …

This paper, presented as the 2019 Cambridge Quarterly Neuroethics Network Charcot
Lecture, traces the nosology of disorders of consciousness in light of 2018 practice …

After addressing significant inductive risks involved in judgments concerning patients with
disorders of consciousness (DOC), Johnson argues that the best approach is to allow …

Consciousness defines our humanity more than any other biologic phenomena that a
clinician might be called upon to examine, diagnose, or treat. When family comes to the …

Decisions about end-of-life care and participation in clinical research for patients with
disorders of consciousness begin with diagnostic discernment. Accurately distinguishing …

Neuroethical questions raised by recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of
disorders of consciousness are rapidly expanding, increasingly relevant and yet …

Unprecedented advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with disorders of
consciousness (DoC) have given rise to ethical questions about how to recognize and …

In the care of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC), some ethical difficulties stem
from the challenges of accurate diagnosis and the uncertainty of prognosis. Current …

Fins and colleagues (2008) outline a number of ethical issues associated with neuroimaging
in conditions where consciousness is absent or impaired and make a number of useful …

Unraveling the mysteries of consciousness, lost and regained, and perhaps even
intervening so as to prompt recovery are advances for which neither the clinical nor the lay …