Deaths after feeding-tube withdrawal from patients in vegetative and minimally conscious states: A qualitative study of family experience
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DOI: 10.1177/0269216318766430
Abstract: Background: Families of patients in vegetative or minimally conscious states are often horrified by the suggestion of withdrawing a feeding tube, even when they believe that their relative would not have wanted to be maintained… read more here.
Keywords: vegetative minimally; minimally conscious; withdrawal; feeding tube ... See more keywords