by APFLI | Jul 6, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
After a European court issued a ruling saying a disabled patient can be starved to death against his will, the brother of Terri Schiavo says the parallels in the case are eerily similar to what happened to his sister. Vincent Lambert, a tetraplegic patient who has...
by APFLI | May 28, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A judge rejected a family’s plea that a 53-year-old woman in a supposed vegetative state should be allowed to die — at least until she is given a drug that could wake her up. Sir Mark Potter, president of the High Court Family Division, says the woman...
by APFLI | May 23, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
According to a study by the Coma Science Group of the University of Liège, Belgium, up to half the patients in an acute vegetative state regain some level of consciousness. Results of the study are also consistent with previous studies showing that at least 40% of...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Twelve days after she was initially denied food and water, a California court ruled that Janet Rivera is entitled to the nutrition and hydration that a guardian revoked. Rivera is the latest disabled patient like Terri Schiavo to draw the attention of pro-life...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Terminally-ill patient Leslie Burke, 46, has lost the last stage of a legal challenge for the right to receive nutrition and drink when he is close to death, his lawyers said. Burke, who has a degenerative brain condition, fears artificial nutrition could be stopped...