Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient David C. Steffens including behavioral and language variants

including behavioral and language variants Traumatic brain injury

and cultural understanding

This highly-readable manual is a must-have for the library of any clinician interested in or currently practicing ECT: Provides background information on the origins of psychiatric treatments preceding ECT

one question is foremost in the minds of the public: "What can be done to prevent this from happening again

and often poorly understood

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient David C. Steffens including behavioral and language variantsDuring the past few decades, high profile cases like that of Terry Schiavo have fueled the public debate over forgoing or withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration from patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). These cases, whether involving adults or young children, have forced many to begin thinking in a measured and careful way about the moral legitimacy of allowing patients to die. Can families forgo or withdraw artificial hydration