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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by adrianN on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:02AM (#12931819)
I for one would be completely fine with doctors harvesting my organs after my brain is sufficiently damaged that I won't experience conscious thought again, even if my lizard brain is still alive and supports all bodily functions.
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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by necessity on Friday November 11, 2016 @12:01PM (#12932372)
The article leads one to think that there is significant room for error in determining if you in fact have just a lizard brain left.
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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by tgb on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:15AM (#12931963)
Probably the way to make this happen is to let your close family know and to put it in writing in your will.
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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by komali2 on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:14PM (#12932882)
Wills aren't accessed until well into the process of handling a person's death. It would still be a sort of chicken and egg scenario - does their will apply, as they're not technically deceased by this State's laws?

You can get medical bracelets for certain things, maybe something along those lines?

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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by ChrisClark on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:47PM (#12933134)
I believe that's what a living will is for. Should make sure you have one of those as well.
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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by nommm-nommm on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:51PM (#12933178)
Not your will. You need a advance medical directive also known as a living will. Wills are for after death.
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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by pc2g4d on Friday November 11, 2016 @02:28PM (#12933543)
Given the current impossibility of even _defining_ consciousness, this idea makes me uneasy. How well do we actually understand the correlation between brain activity and consciousness?
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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by nommm-nommm on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:50PM (#12933159)
I agree with you but the issue at hand is can a doctor determine with 100% certainty you won't experience a conscious thought again? I'm not convinced they can. (This is also an issue with euthanasia)
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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by agumonkey on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:44AM (#12932211)
This is my "favorite" way to think about this. If your soul is gone the sentence is here.
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