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

Recent studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging of patients in a vegetative state have raised the possibility that such patients retain some degree of consciousness. In this paper, the ethical implications of such findings are outlined, in particular in relation to decisions about withdra...

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Autores principales: Wilkinson, D J, Kahane, G, Horne, M, Savulescu, J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19644010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.2008.029165