Withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration decisions in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: best interests of the patients and advance directives are the keys.

Subjects

Subjects :

LEGAL status of patients
CONSCIOUSNESS
MEDICAL ethics
MEDICAL practice
PATIENTS
ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
DECISION making
PERSISTENT vegetative state
ADVANCE directives (Medical care)

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

03066800

Volume :

43

Issue :

7

Database :

Complementary Index

Journal :

Journal of Medical Ethics

Publication Type :

Academic Journal

Accession number :

123864654

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2016-103813