Communication and Well-Being Considerations in Disorders of Consciousness

Christos Lazaridis^{1

2}, Masoom Desai^{3

4}, L Syd M Johnson⁵

Affiliations

¹ Neurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. lazaridis@uchicago.edu.
² Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. lazaridis@uchicago.edu.
³ Division of Neurocritical Care, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁴ Division of Neurophysiology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁵ Center for Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

Comment

Christos Lazaridis et al. Neurocrit Care. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;34(2):701-703.

doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-01175-z. Epub 2021 Jan 21.

Christos Lazaridis^{1

2}, Masoom Desai^{3

4}, L Syd M Johnson⁵

¹ Neurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. lazaridis@uchicago.edu.
² Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. lazaridis@uchicago.edu.
³ Division of Neurocritical Care, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁴ Division of Neurophysiology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁵ Center for Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

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Provencio JJ, Hemphill JC. Provencio JJ, et al. Neurocrit Care. 2021 Apr;34(2):704-705. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-01174-0. Epub 2021 Feb 4. Neurocrit Care. 2021. PMID: 33538944 No abstract available.

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