Acknowledging awareness: informing families of individual research results for patients in the vegetative state

Recent findings in cognitive neuroscience have revealed that some patients previously diagnosed as being in a vegetative state may retain some degree of covert awareness. However, it is unclear whether such findings should be disclosed to the families of these patients. Concerns about the preservati...

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Authors: Graham, Mackenzie (Author) ; Weijer, Charles (Author) ; Peterson, Andrew (Author) ; Naci, Lorina (Author) ; Cruse, Damian (Author) ; Fernández-Espejo, Davinia (Author) ; Gonzalez-Lara, Laura (Author) ; Owen, M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2015
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 41, Issue: 7, Pages: 534-538
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