The article stresses the need to try everything because every human being deserves the highest quality of life possible. Music therapy research and practice in medicine. . This excerpt describes work with five patients between the ages of 15 and 40 with severe coma from different accidents involving brain damage. The music therapist would have contact with each of the patients for 8-12 minutes. Reactions to the therapy are described scientifically.
Periodicity is discussed.
Diagnosis of stupor and coma. F.A. Davis Company. This book has served as a workhorse medical text about coma patients. It contains many definitions including clouding of consciousness, confused state, delirium, stupor, coma, acute global aphasia, hypersomnia, akinetic mutism, apallic state, persistent or chronic vegetative state, and locked-in syndrome. It also contains clinical guides to use for diagnosis.