The saga of Eluana Englaro: Another tragedy feeding the media

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1129-1131

  Striano, Pasquale ^a   Bifulco, Francesca ^b   Servillo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CASE REPORT; DYING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS MEDIUM; NOTE; PATIENT RIGHT; TUBE REMOVAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS MEDIA; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 67349283567     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1484-6     Document Type: Note

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