Vegetative State

Do we need to rename “persistent vegetative state”?

Jared Yee | 17 December 2011

Do we need to change the name of persistent vegetative state?

Drug wakes those who are near death

Jared Yee | 10 December 2011

A gripping feature about the mysteries of the human brain and parental love appeared in the New York Times recently.

Patients in vegetative state are often misdiagnosed: study

Jared Yee | 12 November 2011

Patients in a vegetative state have intervals of wakefulness, but seem to be unaware of themselves or their surroundings, a Lancet study has found.

Detecting hidden consciousness in vegetative state patients

Jared Yee | 09 September 2011

Some patients previously thought to be unconscious are in fact aware of themselves and their surroundings, according to Dr Adrian Owen of the University of Western Ontario.

The dead more alive than the “vegetative”?

Jared Yee | 02 September 2011

It has been easy to tell between the living and the dead. However, modern medicine has created a new option: persistent vegetative state (PVS).

Back from the dead?

Michael Cook | 23 June 2010

Will it be possible to communicate with patients in vegetative state?