Distinguish Patients in a Vegetative State from the Minimally Conscious state: moral and legal dilemmas

Research done using current neuroimaging techniques specifically, positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (functional MRI)—have provided evidence that vegetative patients may have fragments of consciousness. These findings make all the more urgent the familiar mo...

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Main Author: Silvia Zullo
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universidad de Barcelona 2013-01-01
Series:Revista de Bioética y Derecho
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/RBD/article/view/7515