Residual Cognitive Capacities in Patients With Cognitive Motor Dissociation, and Their Implications for Well-Being.
Patients with severe disorders of consciousness are thought to be unaware of themselves or their environment. However, research suggests that a minority of patients diagnosed as having a disorder of consciousness remain aware. These patients, designated as having "cognitive motor dissociation" (CMD)...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Medicine & Philosophy Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 729 - 758 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2021
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