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End-of-life Decision-making for People in a Minimally Conscious State: A Review of the Application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005

The last 15 years has seen clarification of the terminology used to describe prolonged disorders of consciousness within the United Kingdom leading to the emergence of a new diagnosis – minimally conscious state (MCS) in 2002. MCS is distinct from vegetative states, in that a person demonstrates wak...

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Autores principales: Curtice, Martin, Two, Jessica, Packer, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30111948
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_215_17