All posts tagged 'vegetative state'

Man In ‘Vegetative State’ Shows Consciousness In MRI

Posted on November 16th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Here is some people’s nightmare, straight out of a horror movie: You are fully aware and conscious, but you can’t communicate or move. That was the reaction of some people who posted comments to a story that CBC News wrote about a study involving a man in a so-called “vegetative..
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Italy: Father can end daughter’s life support

Posted on November 13th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/13/2008 By ARIEL DAVIDAssociated Press Writer ROME (AP) _ Italy’s highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man’s request to disconnect his daughter’s feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. Courts, politicians and the Vatican have weighed in on the fate..
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