title: A comparison of Cruzan and Schiavo: the burden of proof, due process, and autonomy in the persistently vegetative patient.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Medical School, USA. dpmmd@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Darren P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Mareiniss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D026686:Beneficence; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D002961:Civil Rights / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008923:Missouri; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012297:Right to Die / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D014481:United States