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Understanding consciousness is the major unsolved problem in biology. One increasingly important method of studying consciousness is to study disorders of consciousness, e.g. brain damage and disease states leading to vegetative states, coma, minimally conscious states, etc. Many of these studies are very much in the public eye because of their relationship to controversies about coma patients (e.g. Terry Schiavo case in the US recently), and the relationship to one of the major philosophical, sociological, political, and religious questions of humankind.This is the first book to summarize

Philosophical anthropology --- Physiology of nerves and sense organs --- Neuropathology --- Neurosciences cognitives. --- Maladies neurologiques. --- Conscience. --- Consciousness. --- Loss of consciousness. --- Brain damage. --- Neurology. --- Cognitive neuroscience. --- Conscience --- Perte de conscience --- Cerveau --- Neurologie --- Neurosciences cognitives --- Lésions et blessures --- Consciousness --- Loss of consciousness --- Brain damage --- Neurology --- Cognitive neuroscience --- Brain Diseases --- Cognitive Science --- Unconsciousness --- physiology --- complications --- physiopathology --- methods --- Medicine --- Nervous system --- Neuropsychiatry --- Blackouts (Loss of consciousness) --- Consciousness, Loss of --- Insensibility --- Unconscious state --- Neurologic manifestations of general diseases --- Apperception --- Mind and body --- Perception --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Spirit --- Self --- Cognitive neuropsychology --- Cognitive science --- Neuropsychology --- Brain --- Psychology, Pathological --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries --- Bewusstsein. --- Bewustzijn. --- Neuropsychologie. --- Physiologische Psychiatrie. --- Complications. --- Physiopathology. --- Methods. --- Physiology. --- Consciousness - physiology --- Brain Diseases - complications --- Brain Diseases - physiopathology --- Cognitive Science - methods --- Unconsciousness - physiopathology