The vegetative state: medical facts, ethical and legal dilemmas
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Main Author: Jennett, Bryan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; An appeal to doctors; Traumatic decortication; Abbreviations; 1 A syndrome in search of a name; 2 Diagnosis; 3 Epidemiology; 4 Pathology of the brain damage; 5 Prognosis for recovery and survival; 6 Attitudes to the permanent vegetative state; 7 Medical management; 8 Ethical issues; 9 Legal issues in the United States; 10 Legal issues in Britain; 11 Legal issues in other countries; 12 Details of some landmark legal cases; Epilogue; Index
The strange state of being awake but unconscious that characterises the vegetative state provokes intense debate among health professionals, ethicists, philosophers and lawyers. This unique account, by someone who helped coin the term 'persistent vegetative state', surveys the medical, ethical and legal issues that surround this controversial topic
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 228 p.)
ISBN:0511039409
0511052677
051111608X
9780511039409
9780511052675
9780511116087