Re: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes

PVS is as I described and it is for the most part, pretty
much the same from patient to patient. Minimally
conscious state is anything better than that, any evidence
that there is some purposeful interaction with the
environment. The only reliable way to distinguish the two
is by neurologic examination.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:01:19 -0500
  "Freeman, Louise Margaret" <lfreeman@mbc.edu> wrote:
>Thank you for that description, Jack. I plan to share it
>wit my pastor, who is planning a
>discussion of tis case next Wednesday.
>
>Can you clarify the difference between the PVS and this
>"mimimally concious state" that
>some are saying Mrs. Schaivo's in? Is there any reliable
>way of distinguishing the two?
>__
>Louise M. Freeman, PhD
>Psychology Dept
>Mary Baldwin College
>Staunton, VA 24401
>
>
>
Received on Thu Mar 24 08:51:14 2005