After posting my piece on the Anthropology of Organ Transplants I couldn't resist posting Monty Python's humorous take on the concept from their film The Meaning of Life.
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Live Organ Transplants
Category: Film & Television • Humor • Medical
Posted on: November 9, 2009 1:00 PM, by EMJ
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If there was an anti-organ-transplant equivalent of the anti-choice crowd, they'd produce a video a lot like this.
Posted by: llewelly | November 10, 2009 5:35 PM