Blogs about: Persistent Vegetative State
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Welcome to the Before!!!
I have attempted in the past blogs to show the transition between the two lives I have and am living. I am not sure I was able to convey the utter devastaion that lead to the shattering of one life an… more →
Life As I Know It
The Importance of an Advance Directive for Healthcare (sometimes referred to as a Durable Healthcare Power of Attorney)
wrote 1 month ago: I was recently asked to draft an Advance Directive for Healthcare for a lady who already had a will, … more →
Men can still rape their wives in India after new Government bill
wrote 2 months ago: Campaigners have criticised the Indian government after ministers cleared a new tougher anti- … more →
Persistent Vegetative State - the ethical issues
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wrote 2 months ago: I’m doing a public speech on persistent vegetative state (PVS) on 13/3/13 at the Dana Centre, … more →
Ariel Sharon and the Prophecy
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wrote 2 months ago: State of Israel Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, pictured during a defense meeting held at the Pentagon … more →
Vegetative Ariel Sharon Shows 'Significant' Brain Activity.
wrote 3 months ago: Israel‘s former prime minister Ariel Sharon has been in what doctors have assumed is a vegetat … more →
Killing Us Softly - Part 1
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wrote 3 months ago: This series of articles on ObamaCare and the Death Culture inherent in the godless Brave New World o … more →
Canadian study showing 'awareness' in vegetative patients flawed, U.S. scientists say
wrote 3 months ago: A famous Canadian study claiming that a simple bedside test could detect awareness in patients belie … more →
How far can we push the boundaries of e-learning? Is there a future for extreme-learning?
wrote 5 months ago: Fig.1. Using scanning a doctor communicates with Scott Routley who has been in a coma for over ten … more →
Awakening from PVS or revealing medical mistakes: on re-writing and re-reading textbooks - by Professor Grant Gillett
wrote 6 months ago: We are at the moment confronted with yet another case of apparent “wakening” from Persistent Vegetat … more →
Man thought to be in a vegetative state able to communicate with doctors
wrote 6 months ago: ECM sent me this article from the BBC that may cause you to re-think your beliefs about people in … more →
Man in a Vegetative State Responds to Questions
wrote 6 months ago: This has been all over the web, but Wesley Smith at his Human Exceptionalism blog on the National Re … more →
Vegetative patient Scott Routley says 'I'm not in pain'
wrote 6 months ago: By Fergus Walsh Medical correspondent BBC NEWS HEALTH Patient Scott’s brain the moment Prof Ow … more →
"I Am Not In Pain' Coma Patient!
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wrote 6 months ago: A patient who is in a vegetative state conveyed that he is not in pain.! The Doctors seem to have in … more →
Ever make out a "living will?"
wrote 6 months ago: My daughter, wife, son and daughter-in-law are all participating in making out the details for a … more →
Scientists find that individuals in vegetative states can learn
wrote 6 months ago: 2009 study posted for filing Contact: Genevieve Maul Genevieve.maul@admin.cam.ac.uk 44-012-237-65542 … more →
Conscious or Not? Brain Responses Bring Scientists Closer to Making a Diagnosis in the Brain-Damaged
wrote 6 months ago: 2012 10 25 When a brain-damaged person seems unresponsive, the uncertainty is excruciating. Is the p … more →
An Inspiring Devoted Husband Blog
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wrote 8 months ago: (Their story is not a common one but one that makes us to wake up and take note. They may not be the … more →
Dispute over right-to-life patient
wrote 8 months ago: A 55-year old patient who recently suffered from a third heart attack may still be in hope of regain … more →
The Vegetative Prince Will Not Wake Up: Dutch Prince Friso medical ethics and the ordeal of social inequality
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wrote 9 months ago: A tableau I published on July 7th. this year (1) Prince Friso of the Dutch royal family has been now … more →
