It is never lawful or ethical to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness
In English law there is a strong (though rebuttable) presumption that life should be maintained. This article contends that this presumption means that it is always unlawful to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from patients in permanent vegetative state (PVS) and minimally conscious state (MCS), a...
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BMJ Publ.
2019
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 265-270 |
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