Rom Houben

Rom Houben, Man In Coma For 23 Years, Heard Everything, Mom Says

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRUSSELS — For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tel...

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The Coma Man Hoax: Rom Houben's "Communication" Is "Ideomotor" Ouija Board Effect

Michael Shermer | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michael Shermer

Sorry to be the spoiler of a feel-good story -- that of Rom Houben, the Belgian man who allegedly "woke up" from a 23-year long coma -- but the hard truth must win out over hopeful emotions.

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The Rom Houben Tragedy And The Case For Active Euthanasia

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob M. Appel

If one believes that the prevention of suffering may sometimes justify the withdrawal or withholding of care, then the very fact that Houben was conscious for twenty-three years might call more convincingly for such action.

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