The ethical dilemma of vegetative states | Sheila McLean The ethical dilemma of vegetative states | Sheila McLean

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New research shows that patients in vegetative states may have functioning minds. How should this affect their treatment?The suggestion that one in five people diagnosed as being in a vegetative state may have a functioning mind is bound to send shockwaves through the public and healthcare professions alike. The patient whose case hit the headlines on 4 February is the latest in a series of cases in which it appears that an individual in a vegetative state is aware, at some level, of their circu...

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