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- Title
The saga of Eluana Englaro: another tragedy feeding the media.
- Authors
Striano, Pasquale; Bifulco, Francesca; Servillo, Giuseppe
- Abstract
The article focuses on the issues concerning end-of-life care in medicine in Italy. It discusses the case of Eluana Englaro, a 36-year-old woman with persistent vegetative state (PVS) at the age of 19. Eluana has continued to live through the use of feeding tube. It depicts the controversy of the case submitted to the Supreme Court in Milan regarding the family's proposal to remove the life support. It presents the contradicting theories of both the religion and the law regarding euthanasia.
- Subjects
ITALY; PERSISTENT vegetative state; EUTHANASIA laws; LIFE support systems in critical care; ENGLARO, Eluana; PATIENTS
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2009, Vol 35, Issue 6, p1129
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-009-1484-6