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11/23/09
Neuroscience: Puzzle of consciousness: Man was conscious 23 years ... but who besides him knew?
by Denyse O'Leary
ARN correspondent
At the Mail Online, Allan Hall reports (November 23, 2009) on the case of a man who was conscious for 23 years, but no one knew because he was paralyzed.
A car crash victim has spoken of the horror he endured for 23 years after he was misdiagnosed as being in a coma when he was conscious the whole time.
Rom Houben, trapped in his paralysed body after a car crash, described his real-life nightmare as he screamed to doctors that he could hear them - but could make no sound.'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear.
Read more here.
I think doctors should be much more careful with the "persistent vegetative state" (PVS) diagnoses than they sometimes are - if consequences follow. Some people - like Rom Houben, above - can be conscious without being mobile. We aren't even sure what consciousness is , after all, so why be definitive about who has it?
Here are some more articles about persistent vegetative state:
Is the patient vegetative or minimally conscious?
Neuroscience: Can locked-in sufferers tweet, using brain signals alone?
Another "human vegetable" turns out to be wired for thought
Also just up at The Mindful Hack is my blog on neuroscience and spirituality issues, which supports The Spiritual Brain:
Sociology: Should you add Satan to your Board of Directors?
Neuroscience and popular culture: Reasons not to buy "neuronovels" for people for Christmas
Neurolaw: Confusing intent with motive is a threat to civil rights
Neuroscience: "The Young and theBureau"
Spiritual Brain: Me 'n YouTube: Discussing my "Hot Apple Cider" essay
Toronto-based Canadian journalist Denyse O'Leary (www.designorchance.com) is the author of the multiple award-winning By Design or by Chance? (Augsburg Fortress 2004), an overview of the intelligent design controversy. She was named CBA Canada's Recommended Author of the Year in 2005 and is co-author, with Montreal neuroscientist Mario Beauregard, of The Spiritual Brain: A neuroscientist's case for the existence of the soul (Harper 2007).
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