Is it better to be minimally conscious than vegetative?
In the case of Re M, summarised in the paper by Julian Sheather, Justice Baker faced the difficult task of weighing up objectively whether or not it was in Mâs best interests to withdraw artificial feeding and to let her die.1 The judge concluded that M was ârecognisably aliveâ, and that the advanta...
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2013
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 39, Issue: 9, Pages: 557-558 |
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