http://www.numenware.com/article/337 Religion. Brain. Dogen. Language. Japan. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.numenware.com/article/337#comment-112 Brian Richmond Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:38:48 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/337#comment-112 The Pope’s health is failing and he may wind up in a Terry Schiavo-like coma and life-support situation. How would that situation be dealt with? It is possible to keep someone alive on life-support and continuos medical care so that their body lives a great deal longer than anyone would otherwise live. It is even potentially possible that, with improvements to medicine, a body could be kept alive eternally. Would the Pope be kept on life-support eternally? The Pope’s health is failing and he may wind up in a Terry Schiavo-like coma and life-support situation. How would that situation be dealt with? It is possible to keep someone alive on life-support and continuos medical care so that their body lives a great deal longer than anyone would otherwise live. It is even potentially possible that, with improvements to medicine, a body could be kept alive eternally. Would the Pope be kept on life-support eternally?

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