The Englaro case: Withdrawal of treatment from a patient in a permanent vegetative state in Italy

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 372-380

  Moratti, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSING HOME; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BENEFICENCE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NURSING HOMES; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953667369     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180110000150     Document Type: Article

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