Adverbs: Clinically and Legally

[Tom]

Hi

Please see below:

1- He is legally blind. ( Does it mean he is totally blind?)

2- She was clinically dead.(What does it mean?)

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Despite the risk of possibly giving a morally questionable answer here:

Legally blind could be totally blind or almost totally blind (i.e., vision is severely impaired).

Clinically dead --> I understand this to mean that both breathing and pulse have stopped.

Amy

[Tom]

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

In this day and age, it's possible to keep people alive with machines. A hundred years ago such people would have simply died.

Some people feel it's morally wrong to allow "clinically dead" people to die. They feel that not keeping the people alive with machines --- even when all/most doctors agree that the person can not survive without them --- is morally wrong.

Amy

[Jamie (K)]

[Tom]

Dear Amy and Jammie

My concept is 200% clear now. So, 2000 thanks for the generous help!

[Tom]

[Yankee]

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