Entries from Open the Future tagged with 'Persistent Vegetative State'
A Life or A Person?
Well, that didn't take long. Back in September, I pointed to news that the sleeping drug zolpidem (sold in the US as Ambien) could awaken patients in persistent vegetative states about 2/3s of the time; that post led to ensuing...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on November 20, 2006 3:34 PM
A Last Comment on New Awakenings
I've found it fascinating the kinds of emotions the story about the zolpidem treatment for persistent vegetative state elicits in people. This is clearly a story that hits us in the gut even more powerfully than in the mind. It's...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on September 14, 2006 2:44 PM
Further Thoughts on New Awakenings
It's clear from the details in the Guardian article that application of zolpidem to treat PVS does not need to happen immediately, nor only to "mildly" damaged individuals. One of the recipients described in the piece was brain damaged at...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on September 12, 2006 11:17 AM
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