Vegetative state - Background and ethics

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 593-596

  Andrews, Keith ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR NEURO DISABILITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030727273     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689709001102     Document Type: Short Survey

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