Coma-Vegetative State-Minimally Conscious State: How Do We Know?
One of the most frustrating aspects of evaluating individuals as they emerge from a coma is their level of awareness. An interesting article appears in this month's on line Scientific America entitled, "Understanding Consciousness: Measure More, Argue Less" The article discussed the progress in unraveling the mind-body problem and the development of new and ingenious ways to measure consciousness. You can read the full article by clicking here.
As far as my personal experience and observation concerns having great personal intrest as a father of a patient I feel that there is a difference between coma and condition of PVS or MCS patients after trauma.That may be a shock like spinal shock. Doctors often do not believe to the view of the family and friends about the consciousness of the patients but now improvement/recovery of my son Jawad Pasha and one Muhammad Hussin of Pishin Quetta Pakistan is proving the view.
Posted by: Anwer Kamal Pasha | July 11, 2009 at 05:10 PM