menewa said:This is an interesting possibility. But should hospital rooms be used to keep people in a "fantasy" land?
Hospitals are meant to heal and habilitate, not perpetuate uncertain "fantasy" states.
My problem is that congress is forcing to keep this woman alive while health care for plenty of aware people is disappearing. I guarantee you that if Schiavo had been some homeless woman with no insurance she wouldn't had been allowed to ever get plugged into the feeding tube in the first place.
I find this utilitarian view very disturbing. Each life is precious, whether the life of a mentally handicapped woman, a homeless woman or a crown prince.