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 …

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability in the United States.
Though advances in interventions have improved patient survival after stroke …

Objectives: In the early phase of severe acute brain injury (SABI), surrogate decision-makers
must make treatment decisions in the face of prognostic uncertainty. Evidence-based …

OBJECTIVES: Primary: to demonstrate feasibility of audio-recording clinician-family
meetings for CINPs at multiple centers and characterize how clinicians communicate …

Objectives Confronted with the potentially traumatic experience of a patients intensive care
unit hospitalisation, family members may show positive changes associated with growth in …

Objectives Family satisfaction with end-of-life care in the intensive care unit constitutes an
important outcome for evaluating end-of-life care quality. Research on this topic focuses on …

Purpose of review We investigate the complexities and interplay between the concepts of
prognostic uncertainty and patient preferences as they relate to the delivery of goal …

Background Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to profound neurologic sequelae, and
the provision of life-supporting treatment serves great importance among this patient …

Background The objective of this study was to identify barriers to surrogate decision-maker
application of patient values on life-sustaining treatments after stroke in Mexican American …

Background and Objectives There are no evidence-based guidelines for discussing
prognosis in critical neurologic illness, but in general, experts recommend that clinicians …