title: Not dead, not dying? Ethical categories and persistent vegetative state.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wikler
mesh_terms: D003128:Coma; D003643:Death; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000592:standards*; D009014:Morals; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028723:Personhood; D012297:Right to Die; D028761:Withholding Treatment