Applying best interests to persistent vegetative state - A principled distortion?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-92

  Fenwick, Andrea J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Best interests'; Legal decisions; Persistent vegetative state

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; REVIEW;

EID: 0348202972     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.24.2.86     Document Type: Review

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