Media coverage of the persistent vegetative state and end-of-life decision-making

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1027-1032

  Racine, E ^a,b,c   Amaram, R ^d   Seidler, M ^a   Karczewska, M ^a   Illes, J ^d,e,f  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ARTICLE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; LIVING WILL; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PUBLICATION; RIGHT TO DIE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RIGHT TO DIE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 53949114996     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000320507.64683.ee     Document Type: Review

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