On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:23:06 GMT, Strabo 
wrote:

>In Re: I finally realize why liberals want Terri Schiavo dead on
>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:44:18 GMT, by Avenger, we read:

>>Well, as a medical doctor I think I know best.

Pardon me,  but I doubt seriously that you are an MD,,  being one
myself, BTW.

> Her condition is not much different than a person with cerebral palsy.

Dead Wrong

> A vegetative state is not the same as being "brain dead".

Wrong,  assuming that "brain dead" means cortically-dead,  the usual
medical definition.   YMMV,  naturally.

>> The pain centre was "absorbed"  haha If I were
>>to employ the tests to determine if a patient is dead every one of them
>>would show that she is quite alive.

True,  her body is/was alive.  It is just that her brain is dead.

>Seen the CAT scan? The brain is gone.

She also had no EEG,  also definitive for "brain dead".

Dr P
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