Patient Awareness During Surgery Sheds Light on What It Means to Be Conscious

Awakening by Joshua Lang.  The Atlantic.  January/February 2013.

Experts estimate that for every thousand patients who undergo general anesthesia each year in America, one or two will experience awareness.  This article explores the meaning of consciousness in light of what we have learned from anesthesia and "intraoperative recall" or "anesthesia awareness."