It looks like some medical books will be redrafted.\u00a0 A patient who woke from a coma a decade ago and has been vegetative ever since, has now communicated with carers through brain imaging.\u00a0 It’s the first time an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give “answers” clinically relevant to their care.<\/p>\n
It will be interesting to see if Peter Singer has comments.<\/p>\n
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