01251nam a2200265Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500340005870000190009270000150011111000500012626000410017630000640021702000080028165000090028965000160029865000410031465000210035565000320037665000200040865000250042865000390045305000200049254600120051252004610052420260803094146.0251212s2005    xx            000 0 und d1 aComa : bthe silent epidemic.  aGrant, Eleanor0 aDavid, Ron  aDream Catcher Films; Discovery Communications  a :bDiscovery Communications,c2005.  a: b1 videodisc (VCD) (ca. 53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.  aVCD  aComa  aBrain death  aCraniocerebral traumaxComplications  aMedical futility  aPersistent Vegetative State  aComaxTreatment  aComaxMedical ethics  aComaxPatient-Family relationships  a616.89 C72 2005  aEnglish  aAt 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)