Vegetative state
Subtitle: a paradigmatic problem of modern societies : medical, ethical, legal and social perspectives on chronic disorders of consciousness
By: edited by Ralf J. Jox ... [and 3 others]
Series: Ethik in der Praxis, Studien = -- Practical ethics, studies -- v. 36; Ethik in der Praxis -- Bd. 36.
Publisher: Lit; Global [distributor]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9783643900975
Subjects: Persistent vegetative state; Moral and ethical aspects; Coma; Patients; Care; Decision making; Persistent Vegetative State; Medical Ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What is the vegetative state?; title: What is it like to be in the vegetative state?; title: What is it like to live with patients in the vegetative state and how should society deal with patients in the vegetative state?; title: How should decisions be reached?