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Human Dignity in the ‘Vegetative’ State
Human Dignity in the vegetative StateBy Richard M. DoerflingerOn Christmas Eve, 1999, the family of Patricia White Bull inAlbuquerque, New Mexico received an unexpected gift. After 16years in a supposedly irreversible " vegetative State ," Mrs. WhiteBull began to speak. "Don't do that," she blurted out when nurses were trying to fixher nursing home bed. Then she started speaking her chil-dren's names, catching up on family developments, and eatingfoods she had not been able to swallow for many years. Hermother says her sudden recovery is a Christmas miracle fromGod (The Washington Times, January 5, 2000, p. A3).Mrs. White Bull's story is not unique. In recent years, a num-ber of patients have unexpectedly recovered from the "vegeta-tive" State - a dimly understood condition in which patientshave sleep/wake cycles, but do not seem aware of themselvesor their environment. And according to medical experts speak-ing at a March 2004 international congress on the "vegetativestate" in Rome, medical science is only beginning to realizehow little is understood about this condition.
Human Dignity in the ‘Vegetative’ State By Richard M. Doerflinger On Christmas Eve, 1999, the family of Patricia White Bull in Albuquerque, New Mexico received an …
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