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To: Candor7

There ARE rules prohibiting the physicians who declare the patient dead to have anything to do with the care of the patients receiving the organs. Two indepedent neurologists, not from the same group, must declare brain death. A “brain dead” person WILL have an EKG - electrical heart activity and a beating heart - but his EEG - electrical brain activity will be flat.

All that said, I’ve told my husband, he makes the decision if it ever comes to that. I’m not checking the box on my license.


13 posted on 11/21/2007 10:12:34 AM PST by heartwood
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To: heartwood

>All that said, I’ve told my husband, he makes the decision

Me too.


17 posted on 11/21/2007 10:16:54 AM PST by 2Jedismom
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To: heartwood
Two independent neurologists, not from the same group, must declare brain death. A “brain dead” person WILL have an EKG - electrical heart activity and a beating heart - but his EEG - electrical brain activity will be flat.

While such a safeguard might protect us, you have failed to explain how such a safeguard would prevent the premature harvesting of organs from Democrats.

118 posted on 11/22/2007 7:16:46 AM PST by Polybius
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