The Englaro Case: withdrawal of treatment from a patient in a permanent vegetative state in Italy

Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2010 Jul;19(3):372-80. doi: 10.1017/S0963180110000150.
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Publication types

  • Legal Case

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Beneficence
  • Enteral Nutrition* / ethics
  • European Union
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Medical Futility / ethics
  • Medical Futility / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Nursing Homes
  • Persistent Vegetative State* / therapy
  • Withholding Treatment / ethics
  • Withholding Treatment / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Withholding Treatment / trends
  • Young Adult