A vegetative men in Canada showed to his doctors that we was not
suffering any pain by monitoring his brain activity while a scanner test.
This discovery showed up that Scott
Routley had brain activity, that he has a concious and thinking brain
and that he is not just “a plant” lying in a bed.
It is believed that this descovery is going to revolutionize
the medicine and a lot of things and theories are going to be changed. With
this new information now doctors are going to be able to improve vegetable
pacients’s life by providing medicines for the pain that they may be suffering
without the doctor’s knowledge.
It is hard to imagine our lives like that. With no
possibilities of moving a hand or to speak with your family. If you were in ths
condition, would you like to be tested to discover if you need something? Would
you like to be leaved in peace with no more tests? Or would you like to be
killed (with euthanasia) just to end up your suffering?
For more information about Scott Routley please click here or here
This is an amazing breakthrough! People with this type of disability has the right to use any device or method possible to improve their quality of life or to, at least, reduce their pain. Moreover, they also need to have the right to choose whether to die or keep living in that condition. For this reason, it might be useful to find a way of knowing what they really want to do with their lives.
ReplyDeleteSome people think that vegetative people are not emotionally capable of making that kind of decision, but at least they should have the opportunity to express their opinions about it.
I agree with you Adolfo, It would be great to help these people and provide a better life condition to them. However I don´t think this will be possible in the short time. To know if they are suffering any pain is more easy to know because pain can be measured by a endorphin liberated by the body, but there is no way to read and understand what a person wants to say only by observing his/her brain. But I repeat, it would be great to know what they think.
ReplyDeleteNico, if you see the link attachet to the entry, you will se that through the sca doctor are able to "read" this man's mind. So this is asomething that is happening now. The only limitation is that the man is only capable to say "yes" or "no" because that is the most obvious thing for the scan to read.
ReplyDeleteI agree with my classmates, this is such an amazing breakthrough! I would be usefull not only for people in a vegetative state but also for people with Locked-in syndrome. Here is the information if need to know about it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome
ReplyDeleteI would be amazing to know how this people feel and to help them with everything they need.
Amazing!