Persistent Vegetative State, Akinetic Mutism and Consciousness

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In Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (ed.), Finding Consciousness: The Neuroscience, Ethics, and Law of Severe Brain Damage. Oxford University Press. pp. 122-136 (2016)
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