More dead than dead: Perceptions of persons in the persistent vegetative state

Cognition

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-280

  Gray, Kurt ^a   Anne Knickman, T ^b   Wegner, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dualism; End of life decisions; Medical ethics; Mind perception; Morality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERCEPTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RELIGION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053131447     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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