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Drug Found to Aid Vegetative Patients
Oxygen99 writes "BBC News is reporting on some amazing effects of a drug called Zolpidem on patients suffering from persistent vegetative state. Apparently the drug, usually used to treat insomnia, activates dormant areas of the brain that can make patients aware of their surroundings and even hold conversations. This raises several interesting points including the diagnosis of PVS and the attendant ethics of the associated life support, as well as the way the brain responds to injury and damage."
Poor Ariel Sharon really needs that thingie. It sucks when he's asleep because they can't make satires of him.
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She could have been saved!!!!!!!!
ok, I know she had no brain left due to the extent of time she was in a PVS, but early on in her diagnosis, this might have benefited her..... thank god this did not come out while the controversy was going.
According to who? Oh, right, the people who ordered her killed. What do you know, the people directly responsible for her death determined their actions were justified. Amazing. Too bad they wouldn't allow her parents' doctors to examine her.
Even so, it's still wrong, because the only reason Mr. Shiavo wanted her dead was to be able to inherit her money and belongings. Otherwise he could simply have divorced her and moved on with his life.
Her parents wanted to see their daughter live. Her husband wanted her money. I suppose it comes as no surprise that the courts chose to go with money over life.
Your asshole?
I'm really afraid of people like you. I have made numerous comments that in nocase I would want to be disconnected, "let go peacefully", etc. But judging from their repsonses I'm afraid that when time comes they will lie and say that i didnt want to live like that and expressed wisshes opposite to my real ones. I believe that everyone should be required by law to make a statement on their wishes and not bet their life on otjher peoples moral judgements.
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