title: The boundaries of the persistent vegetative state.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bernat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D015588:Observer Variation; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D035501:Uncertainty; D028761:Withholding Treatment