The articles we discussed in class:
- When doctors steal hope
- PWP Founder Dick Jackson, In Loving Memory, 5-26-37 to 3-15-12
- Dutch doctor cleared despite euthanising patient against her will
- Man Awakens After 12 Years in a Come - Says he was Aware of Everything
- Former Dutch Health Minister Admits Error of Legalizing Euthanasia
- Miracle man wakes from coma after wife battled doctors to keep life support switched on
- Belgium just euthanized a perfectly healthy woman, and the reason is completely absurd
Additional relevant articles:
- Oregon Offers Terminal Patients Doctor-Assisted Suicide Instead of Medical Care
- Dutch Supreme Court rules doctors can euthanize dementia patients - update on #3 above
- Euthanasia “Safeguards” and the Slippery Slope
Brain Research
- Book: Into the Gray Zone by Dr. Adrian Owen. Written by a secular neuroscientist who's not even pro-life, but just following where the evidence leads.
- Website: Into the Gray Zone - Videos related to the book
- "The Mind Reader" - One-hour BBC documentary of Dr. Owen's work generally takes a surprisingly positive attitude toward seriously brain-injured patients and their families
- A survey on self-assessed well-being in a cohort of chronic locked-in syndrome patients: happy majority, miserable minority
- Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state
Books and videos featuring people who have lived in the "gray zone"
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
- Life After Brain Injury: Survivors' Stories includes Kate Bainbridge in Chapter 5
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