Dick Teresi

Decided to take one of my large-pile-o-library-books with me on this trip, and finished it in a couple days. Dick Teresi takes a look at brain death and how it's not as clearly defined as you might think it to be. Really made me think about my decision to check the donor box on my drivers license- I'm still listing myself as a donor, but I think I'll put a post somewhere in writing about making sure death verification tests are adequately and properly performed.

Also reminded me of Repo! The show more Genetic Opera... except in real life. show less

Made me think twice about organ donation! Apparently there is a big chasm between those who think "brain dead" means dead and those who think "non beating heart" means dead. Also full of interesting tidbits like: embalming fluid is much, much stronger now than 40 years ago due to the high amount of antibiotics people take nowadays; and what the ice water test is.
The question of whether painkillers are needed during organ harvesting is still unsolved, however.

Decided to take one of my large-pile-o-library-books with me on this trip, and finished it in a couple days. Dick Teresi takes a look at brain death and how it's not as clearly defined as you might think it to be. Really made me think about my decision to check the donor box on my drivers license- I'm still listing myself as a donor, but I think I'll put a post somewhere in writing about making sure death verification tests are adequately and properly performed.

Also reminded me of Repo! The show more Genetic Opera... except in real life. show less

I thought this book had potential to be very interesting and some parts were. But the author frequently waxes a little too academic and the writing becomes dry. Also, there were many typos and they did not use double spacing between sentences and that made quick reading difficult. I wanted something approachable along the lines of a Bill Bryson read and it fell far short of that mark.