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Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew

Summary by Bioethics.com
(New York Times) – New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices. The vegetative state, as it turned out, was not fixed — though, practically, the label tended to stick. Tabitha learned that once a patient was diagnosed as “vegetative” and then admitted into a nursing home, it was almost impossible for family members to get a second opinion and a new diagnosis and then, mayb…
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Bioethics.com broke the news in on Thursday, April 9, 2026.
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