title: Is it better to be minimally conscious than vegetative?
authors.affiliation: The Robinson Institute, Women's and Children's Hospital, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. dominic.wilkinson@adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Savulescu
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000145:classification*; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics*