Physicians' Attitudes about Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State

William W. Stead

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-1-199701010-00024

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Letters |1 January 1997

Physicians' Attitudes about Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State

William W. Stead, MD

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TO THE EDITOR:

I was pleased to see the article [1] and accompanying editorial [2] on the PVS. The paper by Gilligan and Raffin [3] and the essay by Dr. Hansot [4] brought to mind personal experiences with two older sisters, one of whom remained in a PVS for 5 years. During that time, the nursing home insisted on maintaining the flickering flame of life. Her living will and a letter from her long-time personal physician were ignored. They relented shortly after she qualified for Medicaid.

The other sister was on a respirator because of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

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