Functional neuroimaging and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from vegetative patients.
Recent studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging of patients in a vegetative state have raised the possibility that such patients retain some degree of consciousness. In this paper, the ethical implications of such findings are outlined, in particular in relation to decisions about withdra...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Group
2009
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