title: What if there is something going on in there? New research suggests that many vegetative patients are more conscious than previously supposed--and might eventually be curable. A whole new way of thinking about pulling the plug.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zimmer
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics