Background and purpose The European Association of Palliative Care Taskforce, in
collaboration with the Scientific Panel on Palliative Care in Neurology of the European …

The vegetative state and the minimally conscious state are disorders of consciousness that
can be acute and reversible or chronic and irreversible. Diffuse lesions of the thalami …

People with severe motor disabilities can maintain an acceptable quality of life if they can
communicate. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which do not depend on muscle control …

Palliative medicine is a specialty that focuses on improving the quality of life for patients with
serious or advanced medical conditions, and it is appropriate at any stage of disease …

For more than a decade, there has been an intense debate about the ethics and legality of
euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in the United States. 1-5 In June 1997, the …

The standard text and reference on neurological and neurosurgical intensive care is now in
its Fourth Edition–thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest therapeutic advances and …

Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that causes progressive
paralysis leading to respiratory failure. Patients with ALS may consider physician-assisted …

Despite aggressive antitumor treatment, the prognosis of brain tumor (BT) patients remains
poor. In the last stage of disease, BT patients present severe symptoms due to the growing …

Severe brain injury can leave patients with chronic disorders of consciousness. Because of
impaired responsiveness, many of these patients have traditionally been regarded as …

Primary tumors and metastatic involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) lead to a
multitude of symptoms and care needs. Patients and caregivers struggle with physical and …