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- (Guardian.co.uk) - 1 months ago...

Doctors have found a way to communicate with some patients in a vegetative state. What are the implications of this discovery?New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine seems set to revolutionise our medical, legal and ethical understanding of people who had previously been believed to be all but brain-dead – patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS).Most health professionals do not recommend further treatment for patients who have spent a year in a vegetative stat...

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