The case has highlighted the difficulties doctors face when trying to diagnose the level of consciousness of a patient in a coma-like state.

CNN: Trapped 'coma' man: How was he misdiagnosed?

Setting out to diagnose the social ills that face Britain, Hensher, in his refusal to empathize, ends up seeming symptomatic of them.

NEWYORKER: Blighty

Doctors will have to face up to the fact that computers can diagnose illnesses better than they can, and teachers will find that although their presence is needed to engage their pupils, their professional judgment often is not.

ECONOMIST: Automated decision-making