Coma

Title:

Coma

Author:

HBO Documentary Films.

Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc.

Home Box Office (Firm)

HBO Video (Firm)

ISBN:

9781419865169

Publication Information:

[United States] : HBO Video, [2008]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Special features: "The case of Willie Hicks", a supplemental piece that examines the recovery of a fifth patient at JFK Medical Center.

Abstract:

Explores the mysteries of the injured brain and its ability to heal. The special goes inside a top U.S. medical facility for the treatment of head trauma and follows four coma survivors over the course of a year. Includes film not originally featured.

Reading Level:

Rating: TV-PG.

Subject Term:

Coma -- Case Reports.

Coma -- Patients -- Case studies.

Brain damage -- Patients.

Loss of consciousness.

Coma (Medicina)

Coma (Medicina) -- Pacientes.

Lesiones cerebrales -- Pacientes.

Brain Injury, Chronic -- rehabilitation -- Case Reports.

Persistent Vegetative State -- Case Reports.