Individuals in Permanent Comas or Persistent Vegetative States

question 77

Multiple Choice

Individuals in permanent comas or persistent vegetative states:

• A) are considered dead, both clinically and according to the whole-brain standard of death.
• B) are considered dead by the clinical, but not the whole-brain, standard of death.
• C) will not regain consciousness, but do not meet the whole-brain standard of death.
• D) will regain consciousness, but do not meet the whole-brain standard of death.