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To the Editor: In their Sounding Board article on the use of newly deceased patients in teaching resuscitation (Dec. 15 issue),¹ Burns and colleagues conclude that permission must be obtained from the next of kin. This is in contrast to the position of Orlowski et al.² We believe that it is appropriate to make a clear distinction between intubation techniques, which require lax neck tissue, and the other resuscitation techniques, which can easily be practiced on a body with rigor mortis.³

The key question is whether the public accepts the use of newly deceased patients to teach intubation. In our . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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