The vegetative state : medical facts, ethical and legal dilemmas / Bryan Jennett.

By:

Jennett, Bryan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0511052677
9780511052675
051111608X
9780511116087
0511039409
9780511039409
9780521441582
0521441587
9780511545535
0511545533
1280151781
9781280151781
1107111978
9781107111974
9786610151783
6610151784
0511304358
9780511304354

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vegetative state.DDC classification:

616.8/49 21

LOC classification:

RB150.C6 J46 2002eb

NLM classification:

2002 D-498
WB 182

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; An appeal to doctors; Traumatic decortication; Abbreviations; 1 A syndrome in search of a name; 2 Diagnosis; 3 Epidemiology; 4 Pathology of the brain damage; 5 Prognosis for recovery and survival; 6 Attitudes to the permanent vegetative state; 7 Medical management; 8 Ethical issues; 9 Legal issues in the United States; 10 Legal issues in Britain; 11 Legal issues in other countries; 12 Details of some landmark legal cases; Epilogue; Index.

Summary: The strange state of being awake but unconscious that characterises the vegetative state provokes intense debate among health professionals, ethicists, philosophers and lawyers. This unique account, by someone who helped coin the term 'persistent vegetative state', surveys the medical, ethical and legal issues that surround this controversial topic.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The strange state of being awake but unconscious that characterises the vegetative state provokes intense debate among health professionals, ethicists, philosophers and lawyers. This unique account, by someone who helped coin the term 'persistent vegetative state', surveys the medical, ethical and legal issues that surround this controversial topic.