New Scientist has a very interesting description of recent research on the happiness levels of patients with locked-in syndrome. The title of the article is "Most 'locked-in' people are happy survey finds." In addition to having a non-random sample, though, the following sentences put some pressure on the happiness claim:
However, not all the respondents were satisfied. The remaining 28 per cent expressed unhappiness with their situation, and of these, 86 per cent said they'd prefer not to be resuscitated after a heart attack, compared with just under half of the "happy" respondents.
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