Coma : the silent epidemic.
Coma : the silent epidemic.
- Discovery Communications, 2005.
- 1 videodisc (VCD) (ca. 53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
At this moment, 10-15,000 Americans languish in an eerie, half-alive state known as coma. A range of injuries to the brain, from drug overdoses and gunshot wounds, to car accidents, the most common causem can trap anyone of us in a coma. Since the 1960s and 70s, when life-saving techniques remain experimental. This show talks with the leading neurologists and takes viewers into the world of coma victims - recovering, hopeless, and cured. -- (container)
English
VCD
Coma
Brain death
Craniocerebral trauma--Complications
Medical futility
Persistent Vegetative State
Coma--Treatment
Coma--Medical ethics
Coma--Patient-Family relationships
616.89 C72 2005
At this moment, 10-15,000 Americans languish in an eerie, half-alive state known as coma. A range of injuries to the brain, from drug overdoses and gunshot wounds, to car accidents, the most common causem can trap anyone of us in a coma. Since the 1960s and 70s, when life-saving techniques remain experimental. This show talks with the leading neurologists and takes viewers into the world of coma victims - recovering, hopeless, and cured. -- (container)
English
VCD
Coma
Brain death
Craniocerebral trauma--Complications
Medical futility
Persistent Vegetative State
Coma--Treatment
Coma--Medical ethics
Coma--Patient-Family relationships
616.89 C72 2005