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Fri Dec 22 10:36:45 GMT 2006

Don,

Dean's actual pt. hadn't been worked up for brain death yet. I was
commenting on the theoretical pt. If a diagnosed brain dead pt. was being
considered an operative candidate, then you're talking about operating on a
dead guy.

Rob

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On Behalf Of bensonblues at comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:01 PM
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Subject: Brain dead and bleeding

Dean,
Have we lost our humanity, or just our minds? It is insane to operate on a
brain dead human being. In my humble opinion, those who criticized the
surgeon for not operating are clearly out of their minds. The problem that
we have, in my view, is that we don't know how to handle our technology.
THINK: This could be you, tied to a chair with a tracheostomy, percutaneous
feeding tube, and foley catheter. Does this make any sense to anybody?
DB
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