Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
The Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
JAMA Neurol. 2020 May 1;77(5):541-542. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.0232.
This commentary addresses the clinical implications of the findings in (Claassen et al., 2019, ). Our discussion focuses on how families will interpret the discovery of covert consciousness in a patient, and how this might affect their clinical decisions, such as the withdrawal of care.
本评论探讨了(Claassen 等人,2019 年)研究结果的临床意义。我们的讨论重点是家庭将如何解释患者隐匿意识的发现,以及这可能如何影响他们的临床决策,例如停止治疗。