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Title: Ordinary and extraordinary treatment : a case for review?
Authors: Mallia, Pierre
Keywords: Medical ethics
Brain death -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects
Issue Date: 2009-03
Publisher: Medical Portals Ltd.
Citation: Mallia, P. (2009). Ordinary and extraordinary treatment : a case for review? The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 2, 18-22.
Abstract: The recent Englaro case has again given rise to the controversy of keeping a person alive in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) by nutrition and hydration through a nasogastric tube. The last controversial case which made a similar outcry was that of Terry Sciavo in the United States. The question to consider is whether nutrition and hydration, especially after several years in a PVS constitutes an ordinary measure to keep a person alive or an extraordinary and/or heroic one.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46168
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