附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and Context of the Persistent Vegetative State; The Pathological Basis of Vegetative States; Authoritative Statements; Consciousness; Sentience; Electrophysiological and Imaging Studies of Patients in Vegetative States; An Analogy between Anaesthesia and Persistent Vegetative State; Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis of Vegetative States; Emergence from a Vegetative State; A Perspective of Disability; Positive Management or an Exercise in Futility?; Thirst; Withdrawal of Hydration and Nutrition from Patients in Vegetative States; Some Economic Considerations; Vegetative States in Court.
摘要:Having been originally introduced as a term to facilitate discussion of a specific group of patients regarded as entering a state of unawareness following coma, the 'Persistent Vegetative State' (PVS) has established itself as an apparently discrete medical condition with clear-cut implications for ethicists and lawyers that exceed any scientifically based understanding. As a consequence of this upgrading, conclusions drawn about the status and hence the management of this uncommon condition have been increasingly extended to other patients with much more common forms of disability. This book t.
