title: Patients in a persistent vegetative state--a Dutch perspective.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus Medical Center of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Inez
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Beaufort
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency; D009426:Netherlands; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*