The Englaro Case: Withdrawal of Treatment from a Patient in a Permanent Vegetative State in Italy
The international media recently reported the case of Eluana Englaro, a 38-year-old woman in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) who died in February 2009 following withdrawal of her feeding tube. At the time of her death, she had been unconscious for 17 years. For many years, her father had been see...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2010
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 372-380 |
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