Ronald Cranford is hardly one to give an unbiased opinion. He is a proponent of euthanasia and is an expert witness in trials like Terri's (in fact, he testified for Michael Schiavo to the opinion that she will never recover) where he always testifies to absolute certainty of a patient's PVS and zero chance of recovery. He has been know to be wrong, in that those about whom he has testified have gone on to do just that - recover.
He has investigated a number of cases of “late recovery” and found that most of them don’t pan out: “The longest well-documented recovery from a coma, is two and a half years.”
Because if they DID pan out, his life's work of testifying against the feeding of those with alleged PVS would be a bit muddled.
Nevertheless, he says he believes cases like this should be investigated to determine just exactly what happened and to help doctors treat other people in similar states.
Translation: I better investigate this to find out what really happened because this might cost me some credibility in court someday.
I didn't know he was a pro-euthanasiast, but suspected it from his comments.
Everything he said was so...CYA.
Source, please.