Medical Ethics - Unresponsive States

• Functional imaging shows cognitive function in patients incapable of motor response - 9/8/07

• Persistent vegetative state misdiagnosed 40% of time; patient slated for Schiavo-style death awakens - 7/15/07

• More hope for patients in unresponsive states: three cases - 10/18/06

• Man regains speech after 19 years in a minimally conscious state - 07/07/06

• Sleeping pills may awaken patients in a PVS - 06/07/06

• Firefighter speaks 10 years after brain injury - 6/9/05