Tuesday, March 01, 2005

"A Patient in a Vegetative State Is a Human Person"

Interview With Dr. Gian Luigi Gigli, of a Catholic Federation

ROME, FEB. 28, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The vegetative state is a "pejorative term" which implies lack of humanity, warns Dr. Gian Luigi Gigli, president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations.

Gigli is co-author with Dr. Nathan Zasler of the book "Life-Sustaining Treatments in Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas," reprinted in a special issue of the Neurorehabilitation review, published by Iospress. The book is the result of a congress on this topic.
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