Spiritual Wisdom, Spiritual StrengthCatholic CultureYou may recall that, just before Easter, Phil raised serious questions about brain death as a reliable criterion for organ transplants. He articulated his concerns without seeking to obscure arguments…

Prove it: Early use of therapeutic hypothermia improves cardiac arrest outcomesEMS1.comOn the other end of the scale, a score of four indicates a vegetative state while a score of five is consistent with brain death (Cummings et al., 1991). During a ni…

Life After Death: Examining the EvidenceHuffington PostA flat EEG us not brain death because it only measures activity on the surface of the brain. And there is no way of determining that the experience actually happened during a flat EEG. Most likely …

Death for a life: inside the donor dilemmaGloucester AdvocateThe real bottleneck, in Bendorf's assessment, is that relatively fewer Australians are treated in intensive care units right through to the point of brain death – when no activity can be …

Chabad.orgMurder or Compassion?Chabad.orgA Harvard ad hoc committee solved the problem by crafting the term brain death. This criterion stops short of calling the patient dead; it merely states that the brain stem has ceased to function. But it did not…

Juhu accident: Second girl dies, her family donates organsHindustan Times"A team of three specialists confirmed the brain death of Nimisha Mane. As per norms we counselled the family and informed them about organ donation. The family agreed and do…

Death for a life: inside the donor dilemmaThe Guardian AUThe real bottleneck, in Bendorf's assessment, is that relatively fewer Australians are treated in intensive care units right through to the point of brain death – when no activity can be dete…

Sydney Morning HeraldDeath for a life: inside the donor dilemmaSydney Morning HeraldThe real bottleneck, in Bendorf's assessment, is that relatively fewer Australians are treated in intensive care units right through to the point of brain death – w…

New York Times (blog)Dick Teresi Talks About the Line Between Life and DeathNew York Times (blog)By JOHN WILLIAMS In his new book, “The Undead,” Dick Teresi writes provocatively about the science of brain death and the impact it has on organ transp…

We should assume people are opting in and not outThis is SomersetThe definition of brain death was introduced in 1968, on the quick, by doctors of the American Harvard University. Why? A medical colleague was on trial for killing a patient. To get this…