Theresa Schiavo's tragedy and ours, too

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 964-965

  Bernat, James L ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TUBE FEEDING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; LIVING WILL; NOTE; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; RIGHT TO DIE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 54049150902     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000324281.33381.15     Document Type: Editorial

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