Purpose of review This article provides a brief overview of the history and complexities of
brain death determination. We examine a few legal cases that highlight some of the …

Although the concept of brain death is accepted by the majority of physicians, lawyers,
ethicists and society at large, controversies about determination of death by neurological …

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 …

Every state's definition of death is based on the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA),
which asserts “An individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory …

Background Three recent lawsuits that address declaration of brain death (BD) garnered
significant media attention and threaten to limit physician power to declare BD. Methods We …

In response to a number of recent lawsuits related to brain death determination, the
American Academy of Neurology Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee convened a …

but nationwide adherence to these guidelines has been incomplete. This variability could
lead to misdiagnosis and erosion of public trust in this important medical practice …

Objective: To demonstrate that progress has been made in unifying brain death
determination guidelines in the last decade by directly comparing the policies of the US …

Determination, Berkowitz and Garrett (2020) argue that informed consent for apnea testing is
legally and ethically required based on two primary arguments—that the apnea test has …

Although the concept of death by neurologic criteria is accepted throughout much of the
world and death can legally be determined by neurologic criteria throughout the United …