Resistent vegetative state: Considerations regarding bioethics of contemporary medicine;Estado vegetativo persistente: Reflexiones en el marco bioetico de la medicina contemporanea

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1104-1109

  Cabrera Lima, A V ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bioethic; Brain death; Intensive medicine; Persistent vegetative state

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033150044     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.2811.98243     Document Type: Article

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