A minimally conscious state, unlike a vegetative state, is characterized by some evidence of awareness of self and/or the environment, and patients tend to improve. Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment is mainly supportive. Prognosis for patients with persistent deficits is typically bleak.
agenda (plural agendas) 1  A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. 2  A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
Finally, there is yet another way to categorize various policies: those that are currently. on the public agenda and those that are not [Smith 2003: 10]. Issues already on the public. policy agenda (e.g., health care) often have high profile. A formal process to amend or improve.