A medical ethics assessment of the case of Terri Schiavo

Death Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-133

  Preston, Tom ^a,b   Kelly, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BIOETHICS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RIGHT TO DIE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30744474432     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180500455608     Document Type: Review

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