A patient in a minimally conscious state , while someone who is experiencing unresponsive wakefulness syndrome .
A)cannot respond to external stimuli; can respond to external stimuli
B)cannot perceive external stimuli; can perceive external stimuli
C)cannot communicate; may try to communicate
D)may try to communicate; cannot communicate

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In a minimally conscious state, a patient may show minimal but definite behavioral evidence of self or environmental awareness, including attempts to communicate, whereas someone experiencing unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (previously known as a vegetative state) shows no evidence of sustained, reproducible, purposeful, or voluntary behavioral responses to visual, auditory, tactile, or noxious stimuli, and by definition, cannot communicate.

A Patient in a Minimally Conscious State , While Someone