The persistent vegetative state: A view across the legal divide

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 835, Issue , 1997, Pages 386-394

  Beresford, H Richard ^a,b  

^a MIT Sloan School of Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0031578949     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48644.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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