Into the gray zone, a neuroscientist explores the border between life and death, Adrian Owen
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Into the gray zone, a neuroscientist explores the border between life and death, Adrian Owen
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index
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index present
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non fiction
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Into the gray zone
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bibliography
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961010756
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Adrian Owen
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a neuroscientist explores the border between life and death
Summary
A neuroscientist reveals his work with patients believed to be brain dead to explain how up to twenty percent of them were still consciously alive, sharing insights into what life may be like for such patients and its moral implications
Table Of Contents
The ghost that haunts me -- First contact -- The unit -- Half-life -- Scaffolds of consciousness -- Psychobabble -- The world as will -- Tennis, anyone? -- Yes and no -- Are you in pain? -- Live or let die? -- Alfred Hitchcock presents -- Back from the dead -- Take me home -- Reading minds
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