The “Minimum Competency Recommendations for Programs That Provide Rehabilitation Services
for Persons With Disorders of Consciousness,”
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which appeared in the June 2020 issue of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, offer a clear and complete set of recommendations for evaluating services provided
to patients who have a disorder of consciousness (DOC). Patients who have a DOC are
those who remain in a vegetative or minimally conscious state, most often resulting
from brain injury. As the authors report, this is a sizable patient population with
a prevalence exceeding 300,000.- Giacino J.T.
- Whyte J.
- Nakase-Richardson R.
- et al.
Minimum competency recommendations for programs that provide rehabilitation services
for persons with disorders of consciousness: a position statement of the American
Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the National Institute on Disability, Independent
Living and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2020; 101: 1072-1089
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Published online: August 22, 2020
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