The Persistent Vegetative State
- 17 November 1994
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (20) , 1380-1381
- https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199411173312015
Abstract
The duration of survival cited for persons in a persistent vegetative state in the two-part review by the Multi-Society Task Force on PVS (May 26 and June 2 issues)1 may not reflect the actual chances of a patient's surviving with good care. Physiologically, patients with the locked-in syndrome do not differ much from patients in a persistent vegetative state. But because the consciousness of the former is intact, their care givers may treat them very differently.Keywords
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