Q&A: What is a Minimally Conscious State?
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Doctor looking at MRI scans
The Minimally Conscious State is a condition of severely altered consciousness, where there is minimal evidence of any form of awareness. Doctors are trying to draw up medical definitions of the condition - and that of similar states - such as vegetative state and locked-in syndrome, amid ethical and legal debates.
The condition may arise when someone has gone through a coma into what is known as a vegetative state, where they are "awake" but unaware.
How does Minimally Conscious State differ from a coma?
How do doctors tell what state a person is in?
What is a vegetative state?
What are the criteria for the Minimally Conscious State?
What future do patients face?
Sources: Headway, Patient UK, NHS Choices
- Published28 September 2011
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