Knowing when to pull the plugNational PostThis is distinct from brain death, which is legally the same as death and usually sees life support withdrawn immediately. PVS is also distinct from a coma, in which the patient is unconscious and cannot be wok…

Matt Gurney: Anti-euthanasia victory could prove to be a defeatNational Post (blog)This is distinct from brain death, which is legally the same as death and usually sees life support withdrawn immediately. PVS is also distinct from coma, in which the p…

Killing For OrgansAmerican ThinkerThe other is brain death, where all brain function is lost. What is problematic, though, is the time between cardiac death and brain death because even if the heart has stopped brain activity occurs at some level. Wait…

Welsh proposal would allow organ harvesting without consentLifesiteIn the UK, the criteria used are neither “brain death” nor cardio-pulmonary cessation, both of which have been condemned by pro-life ethicists. In Britain “brain stem death” is …

Gambhir pledges to donate organsHindustan Times"It is now more than 15 years since the law declaring brain death came into effect in India, yet there is limited awareness that one individual can gift lives to atleast eight patients with organ fail…

AFPEEG scan helped contact patients in vegetative stateAFPAs opposed to brain death, persistent vegetative state is not recognised by legal systems as death. "Lock-in" syndrome describes a condition in which mental functioning is normal, but …

Willing to donate organs? Govt may ask driving licence seekersTimes of IndiaCHENNAI: The state government is considering a proposal to seek the willingness of a driving licence applicant to donate his organs in the event of brain death. Transplant surg…

BBC NewsWelsh government's 'opt out' organ donor consultationBBC NewsThe number of donors after brain death increased by 45% to 39 and after circulatory death by 90% to 27. There was an increase in the Welsh consent rate after brain death f…

Hundreds of Soldiers & Vets Dying From Antipsychotic–SeroquelMarketWatch (press release)However, the deaths of the 'Charleston Four' were probable sudden cardiac deaths (SCD), a sudden, pulseless condition leading to brain death in 4-5 min…

10000 pledge to donate organsIndian ExpressLudhiana: More than 50 people die due to brain death every month in various hospitals of Ludhiana. “Their organs can be donated for a good cause and hardly anyone is aware that death is of two types, brain d…