A self-fulfilling prophecy (SFP) in neuroprognostication occurs when a patient in coma is
predicted to have a poor outcome, and life-sustaining treatment is withdrawn on the basis of …

Physicians have an ethical duty to accurately determine and clearly communicate a patient's
prognosis because a patient's or surrogate's decision whether to consent for aggressive …

Neuroprognostication following acute brain injury (ABI) is a complex process that involves
integrating vast amounts of information to predict a patient's likely trajectory of neurologic …

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 …

20 (6): 4–16. Coimbra, CG 1999. Implications of ischemic penumbra for the diagnosis of
brain death. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 32 (12): 1479–1487. doi …

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 …

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 …

Mismatch between whole-brain death criteria embedded in statutes and accepted tests
physicians use to diagnose brain death have clinical and ethical implications that could …

Predictions of poor prognosis for critically ill patients may become self-fulfilling if life-
sustaining treatment or resuscitation is subsequently withheld on the basis of that prediction …

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 …