If the Patient Appears Awake but Is Unaware, Due to the Permanent

question 153

Multiple Choice

If the patient appears awake but is unaware, due to the permanent loss of all activity in the cortex, and has been this way for at least 4 weeks, the patient is said to be ______.

• A) clinically dead
• B) in a vegetative state
• C) in a persistive vegetative state
• D) whole brain dead

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