Clarity regarding the biomedical definition of death and the criteria for its determination is
critical to inform practices in clinical care, medical research, law, and organ donation. While …

While there is increasing pressure on scarce health care resources, advances in medical
science have blurred the boundary between life and death. Individuals can survive for …

In this paper, we discuss situations in which disagreement or conflict arises in the critical
care setting in relation to the determination of death by neurologic criteria, including the …

Brain death determinations have been challenged in courts, but no systematic study has
been published in the medical literature. Court cases on brain death determination could …

Disorders of Consciousness (DoCs) raise difficult and complex questions about the value of
life for persons with impaired consciousness, the rights of persons unable to make medical …

The advent of defibrillators 1 and ventilators 2 resulted in the ability to sustain
circulatoryrespiratory and other systemic functions in patients with irreversible loss of brain …

Importance Brain death is the irreversible cessation of function of the entire brain, and it is a
medically and legally accepted mechanism of death in the United States and worldwide …

Accurately predicting functional outcomes for unresponsive patients with acute brain injury is
a medical, scientific and ethical challenge. This prospective study assesses how a …

In the care of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC), some ethical difficulties stem
from the challenges of accurate diagnosis and the uncertainty of prognosis. Current …

As Coroner, I must aver I thoroughly examined her And she's not only MERELY dead, She's
really, most SINCERELY dead.—Coroner, after examining the remains of the Wicked Witch …