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In recent decades the clinical condition of the permanent vegetative state has raised debates regarding the treatment of those patients who, as a result of brain damage, have irreversibly lost consciousness while biologically continuing to live. The media have also provided ample coverage of celebrated cases, such as those of Karen Quinlan, Anthony Bland, Terry Schiavo and Eluana Englaro. Behind these names are the stories of individuals, moral dilemmas that incite reflection and throw down challenges to the law. This book contains essays by experts in various disciplinary areas - philosophy, religion and law - and is designed to offer a contribution to the debate, so as to clarify which instruments can best protect human rights and dignity even in borderline clinical situations.

Persistent vegetative state --- Medical laws and legislation. --- Medical ethics. --- Unconsciousness --- Brain Damage, Chronic --- Humanities --- Morals --- Philosophy --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Consciousness Disorders --- Psychology, Social --- Brain Diseases --- Health Care --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Neurobehavioral Manifestations --- Central Nervous System Diseases --- Neurologic Manifestations --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Nervous System Diseases --- Signs and Symptoms --- Diseases --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Persistent Vegetative State --- Ethics --- Religion --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pathology --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Prayer --- Religious Beliefs --- Religious Ethics --- Beliefs, Religious --- Ethic, Religious --- Prayers --- Religions --- Religious Belief --- Spiritual Therapies --- Secularism --- Egoism --- Ethical Issues --- Metaethics --- Moral Policy --- Natural Law --- Situational Ethics --- Ethical Issue --- Ethics, Situational --- Issue, Ethical --- Issues, Ethical --- Law, Natural --- Laws, Natural --- Moral Policies --- Natural Laws --- Policies, Moral --- Policy, Moral --- Censorship, Research --- PVS (Persistent Vegetative State) --- Persistent Unawareness State --- Post-Comatose Unawareness State --- Post-Traumatic Unawareness State --- Postcomatose Unawareness State --- Posttraumatic Unawareness State --- Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness --- Transient Vegetative State --- Vegetative State --- Minimally Conscious State --- Permanent Vegetative State --- Post-Traumatic Vegetative State --- Vegetative State, Persistent --- Minimally Conscious States --- PVSs (Persistent Vegetative State) --- Permanent Vegetative States --- Persistent Unawareness States --- Persistent Vegetative States --- Post Comatose Unawareness State --- Post Traumatic Unawareness State --- Post Traumatic Vegetative State --- Post-Comatose Unawareness States --- Post-Traumatic Unawareness States --- Post-Traumatic Unawareness, Prolonged --- Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses, Prolonged --- Post-Traumatic Vegetative States --- Postcomatose Unawareness States --- Posttraumatic Unawareness States --- Prolonged Post Traumatic Unawareness --- Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses --- State, Minimally Conscious --- State, Permanent Vegetative --- State, Persistent Unawareness --- State, Persistent Vegetative --- State, Post-Comatose Unawareness --- State, Post-Traumatic Unawareness --- State, Post-Traumatic Vegetative --- State, Postcomatose Unawareness --- State, Posttraumatic Unawareness --- State, Transient Vegetative --- State, Vegetative --- States, Minimally Conscious --- States, Permanent Vegetative --- States, Persistent Unawareness --- States, Persistent Vegetative --- States, Post-Comatose Unawareness --- States, Post-Traumatic Unawareness --- States, Post-Traumatic Vegetative --- States, Postcomatose Unawareness --- States, Posttraumatic Unawareness --- States, Transient Vegetative --- States, Vegetative --- Transient Vegetative States --- Unawareness State, Persistent --- Unawareness State, Post-Comatose --- Unawareness State, Post-Traumatic --- Unawareness State, Postcomatose --- Unawareness State, Posttraumatic --- Unawareness States, Persistent --- Unawareness States, Post-Comatose --- Unawareness States, Post-Traumatic --- Unawareness States, Postcomatose --- Unawareness States, Posttraumatic --- Unawareness, Prolonged Post-Traumatic --- Unawarenesses, Prolonged Post-Traumatic --- Vegetative State, Permanent --- Vegetative State, Post-Traumatic --- Vegetative State, Transient --- Vegetative States --- Vegetative States, Permanent --- Vegetative States, Persistent --- Vegetative States, Post-Traumatic --- Vegetative States, Transient --- Akinetic Mutism --- Coma --- Symptoms and General Pathology --- Symptoms and Signs --- Nervous System Disorders --- Neurological Disorders --- Neurologic Disorders --- Disease, Nervous System --- Diseases, Nervous System --- Disorder, Nervous System --- Disorder, Neurologic --- Disorder, Neurological --- Disorders, Nervous System --- Disorders, Neurologic --- Disorders, Neurological --- Nervous System Disease --- Nervous System Disorder --- Neurologic Disorder --- Neurological Disorder --- Neurology --- Focal Neurologic Deficits --- Manifestations, Neurologic --- Manifestations, Neurological --- Neurologic Dysfunction --- Neurologic Findings --- Neurologic Manifestation --- Neurologic Signs --- Neurologic Symptoms --- Neurological Manifestations --- Neurologic Deficits --- Neurologic Signs and Symptoms --- Deficit, Focal Neurologic --- Deficit, Neurologic --- Deficits, Focal Neurologic --- Deficits, Neurologic --- Dysfunction, Neurologic --- Dysfunctions, Neurologic --- Finding, Neurologic --- Findings, Neurologic --- Focal Neurologic Deficit --- Manifestation, Neurologic --- Manifestation, Neurological --- Neurologic Deficit --- Neurologic Deficit, Focal --- Neurologic Deficits, Focal --- Neurologic Dysfunctions --- Neurologic Finding --- Neurologic Sign --- Neurologic Symptom --- Neurological Manifestation --- Sign, Neurologic --- Signs, Neurologic --- Symptom, Neurologic --- Symptoms, Neurologic --- Nervous System --- CNS Diseases --- Central Nervous System Disorders --- CNS Disease --- Cognitive Manifestations --- Neurobehavioral Signs and Symptoms --- Cognitive Symptoms --- Signs and Symptoms, Neurobehavioral --- Cognitive Manifestation --- Cognitive Symptom --- Manifestation, Cognitive --- Manifestation, Neurobehavioral --- Manifestations, Cognitive --- Manifestations, Neurobehavioral --- Neurobehavioral Manifestation --- Symptom, Cognitive --- Symptoms, Cognitive --- Altered Level of Consciousness --- Consciousness, Level Depressed --- Depressed Level of Consciousness --- Consciousness, Level Altered --- Semiconsciousness --- Consciousness Disorder --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Brain Disorders --- CNS Disorders, Intracranial --- Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial --- Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders --- Encephalon Diseases --- Encephalopathy --- Intracranial CNS Disorders --- Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders --- Brain Disease --- Brain Disorder --- CNS Disorder, Intracranial --- Encephalon Disease --- Encephalopathies --- Intracranial CNS Disorder --- Psychology, Perceptual --- Social Psychology --- Perceptual Psychology --- Healthcare Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Pharmacy Philosophy --- Philosophical Overview --- Hedonism --- Stoicism --- Overview, Philosophical --- Overviews, Philosophical --- Pharmacy Philosophies --- Philosophical Overviews --- Philosophies --- Philosophies, Pharmacy --- Philosophy, Pharmacy --- Morality --- Retrospective Moral Judgment --- Chronic Encephalopathy --- Encephalopathy, Chronic --- Chronic Brain Damage --- Consciousness, Loss of --- Unconscious State --- Loss of Consciousness --- State, Unconscious --- Unconscious States --- Consciousness --- Syncope --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Law, Medical --- Medical personnel --- Medical registration and examination --- Physicians --- Surgeons --- Medical policy --- Medical jurisprudence --- Minimally conscious state --- Permanent vegetative state --- Persistent unawareness state --- Post-traumatic vegetative state --- Posttraumatic vegetative state --- PVS (Persistent vegetative state) --- Unawareness state, Persistent --- Vegetative state, Persistent --- Brain damage --- Loss of consciousness --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- Central Nervous System Disease --- Central Nervous System Disorder --- Behavior And Behavior Mechanism --- Psychology --- Factors, Psychological --- Psychological Factors --- Psychological Side Effects --- Psychologists --- Psychosocial Factors --- Side Effects, Psychological --- Factor, Psychological --- Factor, Psychosocial --- Factors, Psychosocial --- Psychological Factor --- Psychological Side Effect --- Psychologist --- Psychosocial Factor --- Side Effect, Psychological --- Disorder of Consciousness --- Disorders of Consciousness --- Unconsciousness. --- Brain Damage, Chronic. --- Humanities. --- Morals. --- Philosophy. --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation. --- Consciousness Disorders. --- Psychology, Social. --- Brain Diseases. --- Delivery of Health Care. --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms. --- Neurobehavioral Manifestations. --- Central Nervous System Diseases. --- Neurologic Manifestations. --- Psychology. --- Nervous System Diseases. --- Signs and Symptoms. --- Disease. --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms. --- Persistent Vegetative State. --- Ethics. --- Religion.