Persistent vegetative state -- Diagnosis. : Post-coma unresponsiveness (vegetative state) : a clinical framework for diagnosis : an information paper / Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council
Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles, autonomic control, and breathing) persist, but awareness (including all cognitive function and emotion) is abolished
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Persistenter organischer Schadstoff : Persistent organic pollutants in Asia : sources, distributions, transport and fate / edited by An Li [and others]
Persons as individuals (e.g., ABORTION APPLICANTS) or as members of a group (e.g., HISPANIC AMERICANS). It is not used for members of the various professions (e.g., PHYSICIANS) or occupations (e.g., LIBRARIANS) for which OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS is available
A nondirective psychotherapy approach originated by Carl Rogers. The goals of therapy are to promote the client's congruence, self awareness, and self acceptance. This approach views the client as naturally directed toward self actualization, and only needing facilitative conditions in order to promote this tendency