It would probably be more effective if it went something like this: "Here's the situation. You're going to owe x dollars in medical fees when you get out. Would you like us to pull the plug?"
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:311701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
