i just read this article from the washington post online. it talks about how advance science continues to make resuscitations more possible, even after 2-5 minutes of heart stoppage. i'm not a science person much less a medical one but what i find interesting in this article is the ethics. where do you draw the line between life and death? especially now that restarting the heart is becoming more and more possible.
some of the arguments are:
- How can death be declared based on irreversible heart stoppage when the plan is to restart that heart in a new body?
- Is it safe to base lethal decisions on the ebb and flow of public opinion, particularly when the same surveys show confusion about death standards?
- Can termination decisions really be insulated from pressure to donate?
- Even if each family makes its own choice, aren't we loosening standards for termination precisely to get more organs?
it will be very hard to establish a standard guideline for this issue. like how you want to live your life is your own prerogative, apparently death is too. well, at least your family's.
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the wonders of science. is it a wonder btw? ha ha.
this is how far people can exploit science. tao tlga.
yeah. drawing the line between science and ethics is becoming more and more vague. but then again, this is a very relative issue. it all depends on what you believe in or whether or not you believe in something.
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