Individuals in Permanent Comas or Persistent Vegetative States

Multiple Choice

Individuals in permanent comas or persistent vegetative states:

A) are considered dead, both clinically and according to the whole-brain standard of death.
B) are considered dead by the clinical, but not the whole-brain, standard of death.
C) will not regain consciousness, but do not meet the whole-brain standard of death.
D) will regain consciousness, but do not meet the whole-brain standard of death.