Abstract Discrepancies between the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) and the
adult and pediatric diagnostic guidelines for brain death (BD)(the “Guidelines”) have …

Brain death, more recently called death determination by neurologic criteria, 1 is at the
nexus of current controversy as the US Uniform Law Commission (ULC) seeks to revise the …

Neurologic determination of brain death is a complex assessment that may be
misunderstood by nonspecialists and families. Recent guidelines clarify how to proceed with …

Although death by neurologic criteria (brain death) is legally recognized throughout the
United States, state laws and clinical practice vary concerning three key issues:(1) the …

The 1981 Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) states: An individual that has
sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) …

Since its inception in 1968, the concept of whole-brain death has been contentious, and four
decades on, controversy concerning the validity and coherence of whole-brain death …

The past decade has witnessed escalating legal and ethical challenges to the diagnosis of
death by neurologic criteria (DNC). The legal tactic of demanding consent for the apnea test …

If one subject in health law and bioethics can be said to be at once well settled and
persistently unresolved, it is how to determine that death has occurred. Once this …

The definition-of-death debate has proved surprisingly intractable. Since the introduction of
the distinction between the so-called whole-brain and higher-brain concepts of death in the …

Traditionally the cessation of breathing and heart beat has marked the passage from life to
death. Shortly after death was determined, the body became a cold corpse, suitable for …