Well, obviously, if they think they can tell Yes or No responses to a question, you just ask the patient.
"Here is the situation. Would you like us to pull the plug?" Judah On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/04/vegetative.state/index.html > > "Five years ago doctors believed he slipped from a coma to a vegetative > state, leaving his body functioning but without his personality or > consciousness. > The researchers, based at Cambridge and Liege universities, realized that > diagnosis was wrong when the man responded to questions about his life as > scientists monitored activity in his brain. > > Using a scanning technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging > (fMRI), the patient's brain activity was mapped while he was asked to answer > "yes" or "no" to questions such as "Is your father's name Thomas?" > > The patient communicated answers by wilfully changing his brain activity. > > In the three-year study, 23 patients believed to be in a vegetative state > were scanned using fMRI, and signs of awareness were detected in four of > these cases (17 per cent), the researchers said." > > > That's really messed up. So now...when is it ok to pull the plug?? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311692 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
