The Ethics of Continued Life-Sustaining Treatment for those Diagnosed as Brain-dead
Given the long-standing controversy about whether the brain-dead should be considered alive in an irreversible coma or dead despite displaying apparent signs of life, the ethical and policy issues posed when family members insist on continued treatment are not as simple as commentators have claimed....
| Authors: | ; |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
|
| In: |
Bioethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 151-158 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Brain Death
B Futility B scarce resource allocation B life-sustaining treatment B Jahi McMath |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |