‘In a twilight world’? Judging the value of life for the minimally conscious patient
The recent ruling from England on the case of M is one of very few worldwide to consider whether life-sustaining treatment, in the form of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration, should continue to be provided to a patient in a minimally conscious state. Formally concerned with the English law...
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BMJ Publ.
2013
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 39, Issue: 9, Pages: 565-569 |
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