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Persistent Vegetative State. --- Persistent vegetative state. --- Etat végétatif chronique

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Right to die --- Terminal care --- Medical ethics --- Coma --- Life Support Care --- Persistent Vegetative State --- Enteral Nutrition --- Famous Persons

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Delirium, stupor and coma are common clinical states that confront clinicians in almost every medical specialty. With appropriate diagnosis and treatment, coma can often be treated successfully. Conversely, delay in diagnosis and treatment may be lethal. This monograph provides an update on the clinical approach that was laid out in the previous 3 editions. It describes an approach for the physician at the bedside to diagnose and treat alterations of consciousness, based on pathophysiologic principles. The book begins with a description of the physiology of consciousness and the pathophysiolog

Neuropathology --- coma --- hersenletsel --- hersenschudding --- hersenonderzoek --- Coma --- Stupor --- Brain Diseases --- Brain Injuries --- Loss of consciousness --- Psychology, Pathological --- Comatose state --- Persistent vegetative state --- Diagnosis. --- diagnosis.

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The strange and harrowing sight of a person being awake but unaware with no evidence of a working mind - the characteristics of the vegetative state - provokes intense debate and raises profound questions for health professionals, ethicists, philosophers and lawyers. This unique account by an unrivalled expert in the field, who himself collaborated in coining the term 'persistent vegetative state', surveys the medical, ethical and legal issues that surround this controversial topic. The medical definition and criteria for diagnosis are discussed, as are its frequency and causes, and possible outcomes. Ethical arguments discussed include the conflict between sanctity of life and respect for the autonomy and best interests of the victim, and between killing and letting die. Legal issues are explored with details of landmark court cases from the USA, Britain and elsewhere. This well-informed and carefully constructed account will be a benchmark for medical specialists, ethicists, lawyers and philosophers.

Persistent vegetative state. --- Minimally conscious state --- Permanent vegetative state --- Persistent unawareness state --- Post-traumatic vegetative state --- Posttraumatic vegetative state --- PVS (Persistent vegetative state) --- Unawareness state, Persistent --- Vegetative state, Persistent --- Brain damage --- Loss of consciousness --- Coma --- Bioethics. --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science --- Moral and ethical aspects