Hall J K
Nurs Manage. 1994 Oct;25(10):81-2, 85-9.
Care of patients in a persistent vegetative state raises serious ethical questions. Often misdiagnosed, this "new disease," which is the result of advancing medical technology, raises such serious issues as the definition of death, nurses' personal ethical and religious convictions, and the ethical integrity of the nursing profession. Conscience clauses that allow nurses to refuse to cause death in non-dying patients vary widely, but few, if any, address the situation of incompetent but non-dying patients.
对处于持续性植物状态患者的护理引发了严重的伦理问题。这种因医疗技术进步而出现的“新疾病”常常被误诊，它引发了诸如死亡的定义、护士个人的伦理和宗教信念以及护理专业的伦理完整性等严重问题。允许护士拒绝在非濒死患者中导致死亡的良心条款差异很大，但几乎没有（如果有的话）涉及无行为能力但非濒死患者的情况。
