A death in the family: Reflections on the Terri Schiavo case

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1197-1198

  Weijer, Charles ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 17844397989     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050348     Document Type: Note

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