Medical journal’s reconsideration of ‘brain death’ criteria could affect ethics of organ donation
CNA reports:
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), questioning the criteria of “brain death” and “cardiac death” especially in relation to organ donation, could affect the validity of ethical arguments approving the practice of organ donation at a person’s apparent death.
The Boundaries of Organ Donation after Circulatory Death
New England Journal of Medicine, James L. Bernat, M.D., 08.14.2008