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Chapter 16 - Cognitive Dissonance and the Care of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness

from Section 2 - Consultation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2022

By
Joseph J. Fins
Edited by
D. Micah Hester  and
Toby L. Schonfeld
D. Micah Hester
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine
Toby L. Schonfeld
Affiliation:
National Center for Ethics in Health Care, US Department of Veterans Affairs
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Summary

Although there is a substantial and growing scholarship on disorders of consciousness – conditions spanning coma, brain death, the vegetative state, and the minimally conscious state – when these cases occur in clinical practice, the degree of clinician ignorance can make it seem as if these scenarios were occurring for the very first time (Giacino et al., 2014). Care can be marked by improvisation and ignorance to the detriment of patients and families as well as to staff whose resilience can be tested by the challenges posed by severe brain injury.

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Guidance for Healthcare Ethics Committees , pp. 140 - 148
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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