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In Reply: Dr Kompanje defends a reasonable view but confuses the decisions made in the case with the argument presented in the Grand Rounds and the article, which offers a strong critique of those decisions. The discussion in the article argues that physicians and ethicists erred in keeping a young woman declared dead on a ventilator and erred in administering a Chinese remedy to a dead body. Kompanje is correct, however, to raise the question of organ donation. In the actual case, the family did consider but in the end declined to donate—a point that was not raised in the Grand Rounds.
Dr McCollough does not disagree with the article's conclusion or grounds: that the medical treatment of a dead body is a farce that violates professional integrity, hinders the acceptance of brain death, and is an unreasonable expenditure of public resources and professional effort. Rather, he objects that our . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Arthur Isak Applbaum, PhD
Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPH
tilburt.jon@mayo.edu
Division of General Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
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