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Terminating Artificial Nutrition and Hydration in Persistent Vegetative State Patients
Neurol 66:1624-1628, Larriviere,D &Bonnie,R.J., 2006
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Article Abstract
This article presents an overview of current state law governing the right to terminate life-sustaining treatment in the United States as it relates to refusal of artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) for patients who have been diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS).
 
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