Norwegian bioethicist's ethics questioned
A pro-life biologist says suggesting that brain-dead women be used as surrogates dismisses humanity.
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A pro-life biologist says suggesting that brain-dead women be used as surrogates dismisses humanity.
For decades, the US medical establishment has adhered to a legally recognized standard for brain death. Why is a uniform clinical standard for the inception of human life proving so elusive?
The doctors go to court, they give their opinion, the family want to say, actually, we believe different, and that is the sad thing of how it plays out. there are always exceptional cases where people know these stories, of somebody who is in a persistent vegetative state for years, suddenly recovers. clearly, doctors make a calculation about the likelihood of that. the cost of preserving life, i don't mean in financial terms, but in terms of how the body deals with it, and they reach a differentjudgment. there are a lot of people who say, well, there but for the grace of god could go i, i cou...
A possible means of improving clinical behavior in people with disorders of consciousness.
Fighting an unwinnable war. >> so what happens now? you're not giving up nursing. you are burnt out is probably putting it mild of after everything you've been through over the last year and a half plus. up talk about fighting the losing battle. we hear all the time from the officials this is the pandemic of the unvaccinated. is that what you are seeing in your hospital? >> absolutely that's what we are seeing. and that's what i really want people to understand is that it is truly the unvaccinated people that are sick enough to need critical care. it is the unvaccinated people that are on vent...