Patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) who survive to discharge following severe
brain injury can face profoundly complex medical, ethical, and psychosocial challenges …

This review provides an ethical analysis of disorders of consciousness (DoC) along the care
continuum, from preinjury to injury, acute care to subacute care and early rehabilitation, and …

Interest in disorders of consciousness (DoC) has grown substantially over the past decade
and has illuminated the importance of improving understanding of DoC biology; care needs …

People with disorders of consciousness (DoC) are characteristically unable to
synchronously participate in decision-making about clinical care or research. The inability to …

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

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 …

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

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

Disorders of consciousness (DOC) are a family of related neurological syndromes
characterized by deficits of varying degrees of wakefulness (eg, sleep–wake cycles and …

Clinical conversations surrounding the continuation or limitation of life-sustaining therapies
(LLST) are both challenging and tragically necessary for patients with disorders of …