title: Controlled NHBD protocol for a fully conscious person: when death is intended as an end in itself and it has its own end.
authors.affiliation: Ethics Consultation Service, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spike
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D024362:Advance Directive Adherence; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003253:Consultants; D003657:Decision Making; D033061:Ethics Consultation; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033182:Intention; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011379:Prognosis; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000523:psychology; D012297:Right to Die; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*; D028761:Withholding Treatment