No ethical or legal imperative to provide life support to a permanently unaware patient.
Rutgers Law School, Newark, NJ, USA. ncantor@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Norman L
NL
Cantor
D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics*; D008350:Manitoba; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics*; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence