Functional neuroimaging and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from vegetative patients

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 508-511

  Wilkinson, D J ^a,b   Kahane, G ^a   Horne, G Kahane ^c   Savulescu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISABILITY; ETHICS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 72449172909     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2008.029165     Document Type: Article

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