Bryan Jennett

The Vegetative State

Medical Facts, Ethical and Legal Dilemmas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A survey of the medical, ethical and legal issues that surround this controversial topic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 151mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780521441582
• ISBN-10: 0521441587
• Artikelnr.: 22040249

Autorenporträt

Bryan Jennett has had a long and distinguished career with unrivalled insight into the vegetative state. As Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Glasgow his research was instrumental in defining the condition, and in coining the term 'persistent vegetative state'. Since then he has continued to write extensively on this subject, to lecture widely around the world, and has been an expert witness in a number of key court cases.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. A syndrome in search of a name
2. Diagnosis
3. Epidemiology - frequency and causes
4. Pathology of the brain damage
5. Prognosis for recovery and survival
6. Attitudes to the permanent vegetative state
7. Medical management
8. Ethical issues
9. Legal issues in the USA
10. Legal issues in Britain
11. Legal issues in other countries
12. Details of some landmark cases
Index.