by APFLI | May 28, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
A young boy, who had previously been diagnosed as being in a “permanent vegetative state,” has awakened from a 22 month-long coma and is breathing on his own. Devon Rivers collapsed in a seizure during a phys-ed class in 2004 and his condition was never explained,...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A group of legislators in Belgium is seeking to expand the practice of euthanasia to include those who are unconscious, as well as minors, according to a recent article in the Spanish newspaper Hoy. The initiative, spearheaded by former Senator Jean-Jacques de Gucht,...
