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This digital document is an article from The Hastings Center Report, published by Hastings Center on September 1, 1991. The length of the article is 2595 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: In re Helga Wanglie. (a long term patient in vegetative state whose husband chose not to terminate care) (column)
Author: Alexander Morgan Capron
Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1991
Publisher: Hastings Center
Volume: v21Issue: n5Page: p26(3)

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This digital document is an article from Issues in Law & Medicine, published by National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc. on March 22, 1991. The length of the article is 4164 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Consciousness, coma, and the vegetative state: physical basis and definitional character.
Author: Christopher M. De Giorgio
Publication: Issues in Law & Medicine (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1991
Publisher: National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc.
Volume: 6Issue: n4Page: 361-371

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This digital document is an article from The Hastings Center Report, published by Hastings Center on February 1, 1988. The length of the article is 4232 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ethical questions raised by the persistent vegetative patient.
Author: Baruch A. Brody
Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 1988
Publisher: Hastings Center
Volume: v18Issue: n1Page: p33(5)

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This digital document is an article from Issues in Law & Medicine, published by National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc. on September 22, 1996. The length of the article is 8211 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The permanent vegetative state: ethical crux, medical fiction?
Author: Christian J. Borthwick
Publication: Issues in Law & Medicine (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc.
Volume: 12Issue: n2Page: 167-185

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Title: Shades of gray: new insights into the vegetative state.(Clinical report)
Author: Joseph J. Fins
Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 36Issue: 6Page: 8(1)

Article Type: Clinical report

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This digital document is an article from National Right to Life News, published by National Right to Life Committee, Inc. on April 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1781 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pope John Paul II Affirms Obligation to Feed Patients; in the "Vegetative" State.
Publication: National Right to Life News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Volume: 31Issue: 4Page: NA

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This digital document is an article from National Right to Life News, published by National Right to Life Committee, Inc. on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 767 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Deadline Looming For Terri Schindler-Schiavo.
Publication: National Right to Life News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Volume: 32Issue: 3Page: 20

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This digital document is an article from Issues in Law & Medicine, published by National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc. on September 22, 2003. The length of the article is 2906 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: In re Guardianship of Theresa Marie Schiavo: opinion of the Court of Appeal of Florida.
Publication: Issues in Law & Medicine (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2003
Publisher: National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc.
Volume: 19Issue: 2Page: 157(6)

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This digital document is an article from The Hastings Center Report, published by Hastings Center on July 1, 1992. The length of the article is 1901 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Where is the sure interpreter?
Author: Alexander Morgan Capron
Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1992
Publisher: Hastings Center
Volume: v22Issue: n4Page: p26(2)

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This digital document is an article from National Right to Life News, published by National Right to Life Committee, Inc. on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 513 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Deadline Approaches for Withdrawal of Terri's Feeding Tube.(case of Terri Schiavo)
Author: Dave Andrusko
Publication: National Right to Life News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Volume: 30Issue: 10Page: 6

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on November 15, 2003. The length of the article is 599 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ripple effect seen from Fla. tube feeding decision: Pandora's box. (Florida, Terry Schiavo case).(News)
Author: Betsy Bates
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 15, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 33Issue: 22Page: 10(1)

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This digital document is an article from Issues in Law & Medicine, published by National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc. on March 22, 1991. The length of the article is 5143 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Is a decision to forgo tube feeding for another a decision to kill?
Author: Dennis Brodeur
Publication: Issues in Law & Medicine (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1991
Publisher: National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc.
Volume: 6Issue: n4Page: 395-406

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This digital document is an article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, published by Institute on Religion and Public Life on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2203 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Gilbert Meilaender.(Column)
Author: Gilbert Meilaender
Publication: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: Institute on Religion and Public Life
Issue: 145Page: 35(4)

Article Type: Column

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Title: Breakthrough Research Shows Consciousness in PVS Patient.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: National Right to Life News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 33Issue: 10Page: 20

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This digital document is an article from National Right to Life News, published by National Right to Life Committee, Inc. on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 838 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Terri Schiavo's case offers a scary lesson to us all.(Reprint)
Author: Barbara A. Olevitch
Publication: National Right to Life News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Volume: 30Issue: 10Page: 7

Article Type: Reprint

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This digital document is an article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, published by Institute on Religion and Public Life on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 4072 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ethics & life's ending: an exchange.
Author: Robert D. Orr
Publication: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: Institute on Religion and Public Life
Issue: 145Page: 31(5)

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This digital document is an article from National Right to Life News, published by National Right to Life Committee, Inc. on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2097 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: EDITORIALS; The Essence of Civilization.(Terri Schiavo case, right to life)(Editorial)
Publication: National Right to Life News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Volume: 32Issue: 4Page: 2

Article Type: Editorial

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Title: The End of Autonomy.
Author: Robert A. Burt
Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 35Issue: 6Page: S9(5)

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This digital document is an article from Constitutional Commentary, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2005. The length of the article is 10782 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Undue process: congressional referral and judicial resistance in the Schiavo controversy.
Author: Adam M. Samaha
Publication: Constitutional Commentary (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 22Issue: 3Page: 505(24)

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