Withdrawal of life-support from patients in a persistent vegetative state. Institute of Medical Ethics Working Party on the Ethics of Prolonging Life and Assisting Death

Lancet. 1991 Jan 12;337(8733):96-8.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Attitude to Death
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Coma / diagnosis
  • Coma / etiology
  • Coma / mortality
  • Coma / physiopathology*
  • Communication
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Euthanasia, Passive / psychology
  • Euthanasia, Passive / trends*
  • Family
  • Humans
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Resource Allocation
  • Withholding Treatment*