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LOCKED-IN SYNDROME
Completely locked-in participants report being “happy”
Only a few days after his plea for euthanasia was denied by England’s High Court, locked-in patient Tony Nicklinson has died of natural causes. His family issued his last Tweet: “Goodbye world, the time has come. I had some fun.”
Two British severely paralyzed men have lost a High Court case to allow doctors to end their lives without fear of prosecution.
UK man Tony Nicklinson has suffered from locked-in syndrome since he had a massive stroke.
A paralysed Briton seeking legal protection for a doctor to euthanise him will have his right-to-die case heard, the UK High Court has ruled.
A new, noninvasive method for recording patterns of brain activity could give “locked-in” patients – the ability to interact with others and even give the impression of being physically present with friends and family.
What medical condition would definitely make life not worth living? At the top of most people’s lists would be locked-in syndrome: complete paralysis and inability to communicate other than by blinking. Surprisingly, though, the largest-ever survey of chronic LIS patients has found that only 28% were unhappy. Very few of them were interested in euthanasia – only 7% -- or had suicidal thoughts.
France has just awarded the Légion d'honneur to a woman who has been a locked-in quadriplegic for 30 years. Maryannick Pavageau received the distinction for her battle against euthanasia.
Sniffs are a “good, fast trigger”
Electrodes implanted in brain could start conversation
An extraordinary account of life with locked-in syndrome by a young New Zealand rugby player has been published in the British Medical Journal.
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