Terri was in a hospital for three years with traditional and experimental therapies being attempted to bring her back to life. Finally the neurologist convinced Michael, her husband of Terri's terminal diagnosis and irreversible persistent vegetative state. The likelihood of recovery is these cases is extremely small. When the vegetative state persists for more than ywelve months following traumatic brain injury, or three months with a non-traumatic case. Beyond this point the vegetative state is often referred to as permanent (Horne, Kahane, Savulescu, & Wilkinson, 2009, p.
Terri was in a hospital for three years with traditional and experimental therapies being attempted to bring her back to life. Finally the neurologist convinced Michael, her husband of Terri's terminal diagnosis and irreversible persistent vegetative state. The likelihood of recovery is these cases is extremely small. When the vegetative state persists for more than ywelve months following traumatic brain injury, or three months with a non-traumatic case. Beyond this point the vegetative state is often referred to as permanent (Horne, Kahane, Savulescu, & Wilkinson, 2009, p.