... the surgeon doesn't meet the deadline, the patient is declared dead. Finally, a heart-lung bypass machine is used to restart the blood flow and warm the patient up. The medical team will try to keep the patient slightly cooler than normal, at around 92°F, for 12 hours. If that doesn't succeed then the patient is declared dead. Then an attempt will ... many steps where the surgeons can screw up and the patient can end up dead, but if the procedure is successful then they have, in essence, saved someone's life and brought them back from the dead. This procedure has the potential to do am...

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... would put the victim to sleep using a natural poison called ether. Using a rod, they pulled the victims brain out through the nose, killing the victim (Jussim 53). Euthanasia was then brought up again in the medieval times. When the person was ill with any type of disease that could not be treated, or what is called a terminal illness, a poison was put ... discomfort of the patient or his family, doctors then discuss the option of euthanasia, each having an equal say in the decision making process. Any member of the decision making team has the right to refuse cooperation in the case of...

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