Valenza umana della cura (care) dei pazienti in SVP e ruolo dei caregivers

[Human value of care and caregivers' role in the management of permanent vegetative state (SVP) patients] As stated by the Royal College of Physicians, «patients who remain in a vegetative or minimally conscious state following profound brain injury present a complex array of clinical and ethical challenges to those who care for them». Patients in clinical condition of Permanent Vegetative State (SVP) are unaware of self and environment, enable of language comprehension or expression; they are able to survive along provided that we are able to ensure primary care, such as eating and hydration. With regard to this existential landmark, caregiver’s role is not only legally related, as guardia…