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By Bryan Jennett. 228 pp. Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2002. $43. ISBN 0-521-44158-7.

Americans are fascinated with the mysteries of consciousness. Periodic accounts of unexpected awakenings stimulate media attention. They fill the pages of our newspapers, headline the nightly news, and provide plots for Hollywood. The ethical and legal issues concerning the care of those who do not recover consciousness made Karen Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan household names. The state of wakeful unconsciousness — the persistent vegetative state — was described and labeled by Jennett and Plum in 1972. In this book, Jennett presents a comprehensive overview of the medical knowledge and legal history of the vegetative state over the past 30 years . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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