Book Review: The Comatose Patient, 2nd edition
Editor: Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, MD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 784 pages Book Review by: Bina Odhar This is one of the very few lengthy medical books available on the subject of coma, especially on the comatose patient. I am not sure of the reason for this rarity; perhaps this subspecialty of neurology is not a very popular one in medical schools because of the complexity of understanding the state of coma. While the word coma is related to a Greek word meaning deep sleep, that is not what it is, explains Dr. Wijdicks in his Preface. Most of...
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