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The vegetative state : medical facts, ethical and legal dilemmas / Bryan Jennett ; foreword by Fred Plum.
Holman Biotech Commons RB150.C6 J46 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jennett, Bryan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persistent vegetative state.
- Persistent Vegetative State.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Medical Subjects:
- Persistent Vegetative State.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 228 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- A survey of the medical, ethical and legal issues that surround this controversial topic.
- Contents:
- An appeal to doctors xii
- Traumatic decortication xiii
- 1 A syndrome in search of a name 1
- 2 Diagnosis 7
- 3 Epidemiology 33
- 4 Pathology of the brain damage 51
- 5 Prognosis for recovery and survival 57
- 6 Attitudes to the permanent vegetative state 73
- 7 Medical management 87
- 8 Ethical issues 97
- 9 Legal issues in the United States 127
- 10 Legal issues in Britain 147
- 11 Legal issues in other countries 173
- 12 Details of some landmark cases 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521441587
- OCLC:
- 47100826
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