The advice covers all life-threatening conditions, including heart failure, brain damage, cancer, dementia, as well as patients in a permanentvegetativestate.
该项指导意见涵盖所有对生命有威胁的情况，包括心脏衰竭、脑坏死、癌症、老年痴呆症和永久性的植物人等。
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It was only last year that MRI scans revealed some patients in a permanentvegetativestate were still actually conscious!