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Thread #58596 Message #928665
Posted By: katlaughing
08-Apr-03 - 10:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: A Year In Dark Places
Subject: RE: BS: A Year In Dark Places
And, hearing is the last faculty to go, so she would have heard the discussion...is that what you're getting at, Kevin? I had a wonderful training nurse who made sure we understood the importance of being respectful and careful with our words, even around a comatose patient. She had horror stories of people who woke up after surgery and could repeat verbatim all kinds of nasty and irreverent things said by the surgeons and staff, some quite derogatory to the patient!