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A Sense of Doubt blog post #2844 - Death Series #003 - Beating-Heart Cadaver
Here's the next post in this Death Series.
I do not have much in the way of introductory remarks.
I just thought this fact was interesting.
LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading
"I have hesitated throughout this discussion between the words person and body. Brain death is death. A person on a ventilator with a beating heart and brain death has died. The phrase sometimes used is beating-heart cadaver. A neurologist says that he tries to avoid the term life support in a brain-dead person, because it confuses the issue. He prefers organ support" (Tisdale 230) .
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2212.01 - 10:10
- Days ago = 2708 days ago
THE DEATH SERIES - POST #003 OF 10
In a series of ten posts over 12-13 days, I am presenting a fact a day about death from the book I am reading titled Advice for Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale. I hope the thought provoking facts that I share will enrich your life as much as they have enriched mine.
LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading
"I have hesitated throughout this discussion between the words person and body. Brain death is death. A person on a ventilator with a beating heart and brain death has died. The phrase sometimes used is beating-heart cadaver. A neurologist says that he tries to avoid the term life support in a brain-dead person, because it confuses the issue. He prefers organ support" (Tisdale 230) .
Work Cited
Tisdale, Sallie. Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying. Gallery Books, Simon and Schuster, 2018.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2212.01 - 10:10
- Days ago = 2708 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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