Comments on: Neurologist Questions PVS Patient Study http://www.bloggernews.net/110636 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nancy Reyes http://www.bloggernews.net/110636#comment-96821 Nancy Reyes Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:19:02 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110636#comment-96821 Almost half of those diagnosed as PVS are not in PVS. As for this study: Go watch the movie: Awakenings... You can see brain damaged people as "non persons" to be starved to death at will, or you can see them as people who are to be cared for and loved. And believe me, some neurologists are happy to pull feeding tubes from people who are not in PVS...because they see them as "useless eaters". Almost half of those diagnosed as PVS are not in PVS.

As for this study: Go watch the movie: Awakenings…

You can see brain damaged people as “non persons” to be starved to death at will, or you can see them as people who are to be cared for and loved.

And believe me, some neurologists are happy to pull feeding tubes from people who are not in PVS…because they see them as “useless eaters”.

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