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Disorders of Consciousness (DoC), like coma, unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/vegetative state, and minimal conscious state, can be difficult to understand. Many families may ask, “Why isn’t my loved one waking up?” The educational resources in this guide will help to answer this question as well as many others related to the injury, diagnosis, prognosis, resources available, and care of your loved one after severe brain injury.
This guide is for families who have a loved one that has experienced a severe brain injury that has resulted in a low level of arousal, responsiveness, and awareness of self and others. This condition after severe brain injury is called “Disorders of Consciousness,” or “DoC.”
The resources and website links included have been reviewed and vetted by experts in the brain injury field as accurate to ensure you as a family are getting factual information about severe brain injury.