BBC NewsJudge backs doctors in Muslim man's right-to-life caseBBC NewsHowever, in 1986 the third International Conference of Islamic Jurists issued a fatwa (Islamic ruling) that "equated brain death to cardiac and respiratory death". If t…
Catholic Herald Online (blog)The state's skewed line on moral issues makes me worried about giving it …Catholic Herald Online (blog)Exploitation occurs because of the demand for organs and because doctors themselves are divided on the meaning of …
LifesiteOne in five 'brain dead' patients still alive, claims lawsuitLifesiteIn 2008, the New England Journal of Medicine printed an article that frankly argued that “brain death” is a sham. The article, co-authored by Dr. Robert D. Truog, …
Lawsuit charges heavy pressure for 'brain death' declarationsCatholic CulturePatrick McMahon, a nurse-practitioner who was dismissed from his position with the New York Organ Donor Network, says that he was fired for complaining about the press…
SILive.comSuit: Doctors Pressured to Declare Patients Brain DeadNewserMoreover, the concept of “brain death” itself was introduced by medical doctors, in 1968 at Harvard University. Today “brain death” is a preset computer program, a digital or…
Daily MailLawsuit Contends Pressure to Declare Brain DeadFirst Things (blog)Most don't pay strict attention to the “whole brain” death rule. Even those who “make it” usually end up going to rehab for months, and not going back to what the m…
Why You Can't Prove that Jello is Legally Brain-Deadio9… with an EEG, determine blood flow in the brain with an MRI, and end by figuring out the overall pressure in the brain. Brain death is, essentially, the declaration that all systems are not …
Infant transplant law may change with new test planTaipei TimesBrain death — either just the brainstem or the entire brain — is a condition describing the absence of all brain activity and results in neuronal necrosis after the brain is deprived of…
Brain death determination to be allowed for infantsFocus Taiwan News ChannelThe department has drafted an amendment to the Brain Death Determination Guideline, in which such a pronouncement will be allowed on full-term infants (born after 37 weeks of p…
BBC NewsHyponatraemia inquiry hears of death of Claire RobertsBBC NewsHer parents Alan and Jennifer were told she had suffered brain death but that incident was never reported to the coroner. Seizures. Claire's death is one of five children's d…