ArticleJournal of medical ethics2017
Causes and consequences of delays in treatment-withdrawal from PVS patients: a case study of
Article in Journal of medical ethics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Dying too soon or living too long? Withdrawing treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness after Re Y.BMC medical ethics · 2019Article
- Making healthcare decisions in a person's best interests when they lack capacity: clinical guidance based on a review of evidence.Clinical rehabilitation · 2019Review
- Judicial oversight of life-ending withdrawal of assisted nutrition and hydration in disorders of consciousness in the United Kingdom: A matter of life and death.The Medico-legal journal · 2017Article
- A matter of life and death: controversy at the interface between clinical and legal decision-making in prolonged disorders of consciousness.Journal of medical ethics · 2017Article
- When 'Sanctity of Life' and 'Self-Determination' clash: Briggs versus Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53 - implications for policy and practice.Journal of medical ethics · 2017Article
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Abstract
Life-extending treatment, in the form of artificial nutrition and hydration, is often provided to people in permanent vegetative states (PVS) in England and Wales for many years, even when their family believes the patient would not want it and despite the fact that no court in the UK has ever found in favour of continuing such treatment for a patient with a confirmed PVS diagnosis. The first half of this article presents a close analysis of the recent case of
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