[Amendment10]

As in the Terri Schiavo case, physicians have been quick to label Lauren as having a persistent vegetative state -- something Terri's family called dehumanizing and medically inaccurate as patients have recovered from it.

I'm not a medical expert, but yes, they have seemingly been quick to label Lauren as having a persistent vegetative state. Although the following article doesn't mention a coma, firefighter Donald Herbert was evidently in such a state for about 10 years before he woke up.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155344,00.html

[penowa]

It amazes me that the people labeled in a vegetative state who have “awakened,” even if only temporarily, have not asked why nobody snuffed them and put them out of their misery. I haven’t read a single case where that happened. Yet, the death cult ignores any evidence that the personality still exists.