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You don't pull the plug on those in a vegetative state. They have brain activity and a functioning brain stem -- generally they're just on a feeding tube.
by daeken 13y ago
You don't pull the plug on those in a vegetative state. They have brain activity and a functioning brain stem -- generally they're just on a feeding tube.
- cstavish 13y agoI certainly could be wrong here, but wasn't Terry Schiavo in a persistent vegetative state?
- wnevets 13y agohttp://www.nbcnews.com/id/8225637/ns/us_news/t/schiavo-autopsyshows-irreversiblebrain-damage/ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8225637/ns/us_news/t/schiavo-autop... > An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband’s contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind
- caycep 13y agoSomeone published the CT scan of the brain, IIRC, there certainly wasn't a lot left. Not by volume, at least...
- caycep 13y agoIdeally there would be some sort of advanced directive, living will, etc. Being on a breathing machine and feeding tube is pretty terrible...a lot of people would beg to pull the plug...