TY - BOOK AU - Grant, Eleanor AU - David, Ron ED - Dream Catcher Films; Discovery Communications TI - Coma : : the silent epidemic SN - VCD AV - 616.89 C72 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - PB - Discovery Communications KW - Coma KW - Brain death KW - Craniocerebral trauma KW - Complications KW - Medical futility KW - Persistent Vegetative State KW - Treatment KW - Medical ethics KW - Patient-Family relationships N2 - 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) ER -