
In Search of Hidden Minds
Finding signs of consciousness among severely brain-injured patients is medically challenging—and morally imperative
Nicholas D. Schiff is Jerold B. Katz Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine. He co-directs Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury (http://casbinyc.org) with Joseph J. Fins.
Finding signs of consciousness among severely brain-injured patients is medically challenging—and morally imperative
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