title: Brain death, vegetative state and the RUB: how does one arrive at the decision that a person's life is no longer worth living?
authors.affiliation: Otago Bioethics Centre, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, PO Box 913, New Zealand.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gillett
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics*; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics