Comasupporting
Also known as: Persistent vegetative state
Mr Rice is a coma patient with an advance directive requesting specific care including having blinds open, incense burning, and hearing Poison's 'Talk Dirty to Me' once daily. Carla advocates for honoring his wishes and locates his nephew as proxy to enforce the living will.
Scrubs — S01E16Patient: Mr Rice
Peripheral vascular diseasesupporting
Also known as: Poor circulation in legs
Turk and Elliot are collaborating on a research study about peripheral vascular disease, with discussion of excluding claudication patients not on pentoxifylline. This becomes a subplot involving their working relationship after JD and Elliot's breakup.