Belgian doctors' attitudes on the management of patients in persistent vegetative state (PVS): Ethical and regulatory aspects

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 481-489

  Dierickx, K ^a   Schotsmans, P ^a   Grubb, A ^b   Walsh, P ^b   Lambe, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANH; Neuro ethics; Persistent vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ATTITUDE; BELGIUM; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFECTION; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BELGIUM; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CULTURAL PLURALISM; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; INJURIES; SURVEY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIANS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031863906     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050129     Document Type: Article

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