Published in: 01-06-2009 | News The saga of Eluana Englaro: another tragedy feeding the media Authors: Pasquale Striano, Francesca Bifulco, Giuseppe Servillo Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2009 Login to get access ExcerptOn 13th November 2008, the Supreme Court in Milan for the first time in Italy allowed stopping fluids and nutrition to a patient in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) who was still alive [1]. …