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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...
Autores principales: | Wilkinson, D J, Kahane, G, Horne, M, Savulescu, J |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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