The vegetative state and the Royal College of Physicians guidance

References

• American Academy of Neurology . (1989) . Position of the American Academy of Neurology on certain aspects of the care and management of the persistent vegetative state patient . Neurology , 39 : 125 – 126 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• American Medical Association. Council on Scientific Affairs, Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs . (1990) . Persistent vegetative state and the decision to withdraw or withhold life support . Journal of the American Medical Association , 263 : 426 – 430 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• American Neurological Association Committee on Ethical Affairs . (1993) . Persistent vegetative state . Annals of Neurology , 33 : 386 – 390 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Andrews , K , Murphy , L , Munday , R and Littlewood , C . (1996) . Misdiagnosis of the vegetative state . British Medical Journal , 313 : 13 – 16 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Braakman , R , Jennett , WB and Minderhoud , JM . (1988) . Prognosis of the posttraumatic vegetative state . Acta Neurochir (Wien) , 95 ( 1–2 ) : 49 – 52 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• British Medical Association (1993) Guidelines on treatment decisions for patients in the persistent vegetative state— Annual report (Appendix 7). London BMA
   Google Scholar
• British Medical Association (2001) Withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging medical treatment: Guidance for decision making (2nd ed.). London BMJ Books
   Google Scholar
• Childs , N , Mercer , WN and Childs , HW . (1993) . Accuracy of diagnosis of the persistent vegetative state . Neurology , 43 : 1465 – 1467 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• General Medical Council (2002) Withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging treatment: Good practice in decision making London GMC
   Google Scholar
• Gill-Thwaites , H . (1997) . The Sensory Modality Assessment Rehabilitation Technique—A tool for assessment and treatment of patients with severe brain injury in the vegetative state . Brain Injury , 11 : 723 – 734 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grubb , A , Walsh , P , Lambe , N , Murrells , T and Robinson , S . (1996) . Survey of British clinician's views on management of patients in persistent vegetative state . Lancet , 348 : 35 – 40 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Health Council of The Netherlands (1994) Committee on Vegetative State. Patients in a vegetative state The Hague The Netherlands Health Council of The Netherlands
   Google Scholar
• International Working Party (1996) Report on the vegetative state London Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability
   Google Scholar
• Jennett , B . (1997) . A quarter century of the vegetative state: An international perspective . Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation , 12 : 1 – 12 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jennett B Plum F (1972) Persistent vegetative state after brain damage. Lancet 1 (April, 7753), 734 737
   Google Scholar
• Laureys , S , Owen , AM and Schiff , ND . (2004) . Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders . Lancet , 3 : 537 – 546 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levy , DE , Bates , D , Caronna , JJ , Cartlidge , NE , Knill-Jones , RP , Lapinski , RH , Singer , BH , Shaw , DA and Plum , F . (1981) . Prognosis in nontraumatic coma . Annals of Internal Medicine , 94 ( 3 ) : 293 – 301 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McLean , S . (2001) . Permanent vegetative state and the law . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry , 71 (Suppl 1) : i26 – i27 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Multi-Society Task Force on the Persistent Vegetative State . (1994) . Medical aspects of a persistent vegetative state . New England Journal of Medicine , 330 : 499, 572 – 508, 579 .
   Google Scholar
• New Zealand Medical Association Public Issues Advisory Committee (1994) Policy paper: Persistent vegetative state Wellington New Zealand New Zealand Medical Association
   Google Scholar
• Payne , K , Taylor , RM , Stocking , C and Sack , GA . (1996) . Physicians attitudes about the care of patients in the persistent vegetative state: A national survey . Annals of Internal Medicine , 125 : 104 – 110 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine (1983) Deciding to forgo life-sustaining treatment Washington DC US Government Printing Office
   Google Scholar
• Royal College of Physicians (1996) The permanent vegetative state [A Working Party report] London Royal College of Physicians
   Google Scholar
• Royal College of Physicians (2003) The vegetative state: Guidance on diagnosis and management [Report of a Working Party]. London Royal College of Physicians
   Google Scholar
• Shiel , A , Gelling , L , Wilson , B , Coleman , M and Pickard , JD . (2004) . difficulties in diagnosing the vegetative state . British Journal of Neurosurgery , 18 : 5 – 7 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shiel , A , Horn , SA , Wilson , BA , Watson , MJ , Campbell , MJ and McLenlan , DL . (2000) . The Wessex Head Injury Matrix (WHIM) main scale: Preliminary report on a scale to assess and monitor patient recovery after severe head injury . Clinical Rehabilitation , 14 : 408 – 416 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• World Medical Association (1989) Statement on persistent vegetative state Ferney-Voltaire France World Medical Association
   Google Scholar