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Clinical Notebook| Volume 37, ISSUE 1, P59-63, January 2011

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“Stand Clear!” Tracing the Practice and Principles of Human Revival

Published:March 08, 2010DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2010.02.011
      In essence, people often stumble across discoveries of scientific significance during a caprice of Mother Nature, aided by our extraordinary drive forward in the quest for immortality. The moral fiber of human intuition impels us to preserve hopes and dreams by passing on the baton of knowledge gathered in our lifetime and by joining pieces of a jigsaw, assembling the means to continue our existence.
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      Biography

      Keith Stephens-Borg is Anesthesia Practitioner, North Devon District Hospital, North Devon, England.