Health jobs to focus upon vegetative patients-Health care recruitment News 05 Feb 2010

Those in health jobs may be focusing upon patients in a vegetative state after a reportedly breakthrough with one such patient who was able to communicate despite being in a coma-like condition.

Dr Owen, a Cambridge University neuroscientist, was able to communicate with a vegetative patient through mapping his brain's responses to yes or no questions.

The study also showed that four of 23 other patients in a similar condition also showed patterns when investigated.

Now a spokesperson for Headway, a charity for life after brain injury, has praised the study - but cautioned that the advanced technology used in it will not be available for many health institutes at this stage.

He also said that the small sample group does not necessarily prove that this is a widespread condition - although it did offer hope.

"It provides interesting fuel for potential future work and possibly more accurate diagnosis in future and possibly more accurate treatment," he added.

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