Personal opinion. Protocols for the vegetative state

Brain Injury

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 837-850

  Freeman, E A ^a  

^a National Brain Injury Foundtion   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FAMILY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING STAFF; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT;

AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE;

EID: 0031262805     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990597123052     Document Type: Review

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