A Moment dead, a moment alive: How a situational personhood emerges in the vegetative state in an israeli hospital unit

American Anthropologist

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-65

  Bird David, Nurit ^a   Israeli, Tal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitively impaired patients; Israel; PVS; Situational personhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954248339     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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