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Actually, palmer, once a vegitative state is reached or irreversible coma, medical science cannot revive the patient ... only God can at that point (though some medical people have claimed to have revived someone at that level of degredation in higher brain functioning ... perhaps hocndoc can correct me here). What the vegitative state shows however is that the integrated whole is still functioning. When the death protocol is concluded, it is determeined whether the 'feedback loop' is still working, if not, the parient is dead.

11 posted on 06/11/2003 4:24:08 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote Life Support for others.)

12 posted on 06/11/2003 4:25:25 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote Life Support for others.)

22 posted on 06/12/2003 8:35:28 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote Life Support for others.)