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"when to shoot a patient"

caesar ursic trauma-list@trauma.org
Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:59:14 -0800 (PST)


I'll second that.

C. Ursic, MD
Oakland, CA

--- Timothy J Coats <t.j.coats@qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
> Björn,
> Your eloquence in putting across this point makes me
> rather ashamed -
> I wish that I had your command of the English
> language.
> Tim.
> 
> > Re: "when to shoot a patient"
> >
> > This category of humour is called "Gallow humour"
> in our language. I
> > understand and respect the soil from which it has
> sprung. Too us
> > living in peace and tranquility it is extremely
> bad taste but put in
> > its own context it should be regarded as a symptom
> of an evil
> > situation.
> >
> > Björn Geir Leifsson MD
> > Consultant / Staff Surgeon
> > Dept. of Surgery
> > Landspitali University Hospital
> > Lsp Fossvogi
> > 108 Reykjavik
> > ICELAND
> > bjorngl@landspitali.is
> > +354 525 1000 (Hosp. switchb.)
> > +354 867 8836 (mobile)
> > +354 525 1304 (fax)
> 
> 
> Timothy J Coats MD FRCS FFAEM
> Senior Lecturer in Accident and Emergency /
> Pre-Hospital Care
> Royal London Hospital, UK.
> 
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