Patients in a “Vegetative State” Aren’t Vegetables: 20 Years of Research Shows They’re Conscious

Patients in a “Vegetative State” Aren’t Vegetables: 20 Years of Research Shows They’re Conscious

A recent article by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katie Engelhart in The New York Times takes a serious and much-needed look at the diagnosis of persistent vegetative state (PVS). Titled “Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew,” the piece examines two decades of growing scientific evidence suggesting that nearly half of patients diagnosed as unaware may possess levels of consciousness that standard bedside examinations fail to de…

Bobby Schindler: Patients in a “Vegetative State” — 20 Years of Research Shows They’re Conscious

(Lifenews.com) – A recent article by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katie Engelhart in The New York Times takes a serious and much-needed look at the diagnosis of persistent vegetative state (PVS). Titled “Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew,” the piece examines two decades of growing scientific evidence suggesting that nearly half of patients diagnosed as unaware may possess levels of consciousness that standard bedside examin…