Persistent vegetative state: A presumption to treat

Theoretical Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-281

  Cattorini, Paolo ^a   Reichlin, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

advance directives; artificial nutrition and hydration; neocortical death; persistent vegetative state; person

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; REVIEW;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; APPLETON CONSENSUS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BENEFICENCE; EMPATHY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEMODILUTION; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PERSONHOOD; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; VALUE OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0030765502     PISSN: 01679902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005713511205     Document Type: Review

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