“植物人”是医学上的专有名词。其含义是比喻患者像植物一样,有生命而没有知觉。常常是在一些严重影响心脑疾病的患者。病者神志不清,处于昏迷状态或者虽有很低下意识的感觉反应,而没有意识的应答和动作,在医学上对这类患者尚缺乏成熟和有效的治疗方法。这类病人多半时间长了,由于营养不良或并发感染而终免不治而死亡。通常这类患者生命如果医疗及护理适当,可以维持多 “Vegetative” is a medical term. Its meaning is metaphor of patients like plants, there is life without perception. Often in some seriously affect the heart and brain disease patients. Patients unconsciousness, in a coma or unconscious feeling reaction, but no conscious response and action, in medicine for these patients is still lack of mature and effective treatment. Most of these patients have been long-lived, died of malnutrition or concurrent infections. Usually such patients with medical and nursing if appropriate, can be maintained