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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE COURT'S ROLE IN THE WITHDRAWAL OF CLINICALLY ASSISTED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION FROM PATIENTS IN THE PERMANENT VEGETATIVE STATE

In this article, we reassess the court's role in the withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration from patients in the permanent vegetative state (PVS), focussing on cases where health-care teams and families agree that such is in the patient's best interest. As well as includ...

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Autores principales: Halliday, Simon, Formby, Adam, Cookson, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26152652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwv026