title: Withdrawal of life-support from patients in a persistent vegetative state. Institute of Medical Ethics Working Party on the Ethics of Prolonging Life and Assisting Death.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003142:Communication; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D040841:Resource Allocation; D028761:Withholding Treatment