TY - JOUR T1 - Japanese physicians and the care of adult patients in persistent vegetative state JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 142 LP - 142 DO - 10.1136/jme.26.2.142 VL - 26 IS - 2 AU - Adrian Treloar Y1 - 2000/04/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/26/2/142.1.abstract N2 - sir The finding that Japanese physicians are reluctant to withdraw artificial nutrition from patients in persistent vegetative state (PVS) is of note because, as the authors of a recent paper in the journal point out, Japanese physicians cannot be described as being strongly subject to the Judaeo-Christian influence.1 Despite this, the Japanese physicians show the same reluctance … ER -