title: Clinical tales in neurology: a vegetative existence.
authors.affiliation: Cosmopolitan Hospitals and Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum 695011, India. profkrnair@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K Rajasekharan
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D003657:Decision Making; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008318:Malpractice; D018447:Medical Futility; D018529:Nutritional Support; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics