Why let people die?
This paper concerns those patients whose brain is irreversibly damaged to the point where they will never recover significant mental life. I examine the reasons which justify the decision to withhold or discontinue active medical intervention in these patients. They involve the identity, quality of...
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| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
1986
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1986, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 83-86 |
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