Per Curiam.
The order under review authorized a bone marrow transplant from John Doe, a severely mentally retarded person, to petitioner, his 36-year-old brother, who suffers from chronic myelogenous leukemia. The 43-year-old incompetent donor has an I.Q. of 36, the mental equivalence of a two year old, and marked language deficiencies, both receptively and expressively. The trial court, while declining to use the "substituted judgment" doctrine or a clear...
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