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All in a Day | Nov 14, 2012 | 8:05

The Ethics of Vegetative States

After years in a vegetative state, a Canadian man has been able to communicate with researchers with the help of a brain scanner. We look at the ethical ramifications of that finding for doctors caring for brain damaged patients, and their families.

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