With the media reports about a certain country's former leader being so was the subject of much debate since no body actually knew. To me this really stinks since it was the BBC who jumped in on ambiguous information. Usually they would be very specific and clear about matters pertaining to the state of a being. Dead or alive as it were.
Now enter clinically dead. What the heck is that? Is that sort of a predead state? In which case I too would qualify. You see that is what any human would be before they died? It it not? Its sort of like precooked. Not yet cooked but somewhat cooked - just microwave and its done.
Who or how does one qualify for this interesting state of affairs? What rights does a clinically dead person have?
Which clinic is it that deems someone clinically dead? Is there consensus amongst clinics around the world to define this term?
More important is how long does one have before going from being clinically dead to just plain DEAD?
Can someone answer this dead on?
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
This is really deadly stuff, man. Hope that I am not in a clinic before I die, or else I don't know what they might declare me as. Maybe brain dead? Wouldn't do at all..think of the loss of FACE!
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