Brain Death
At Once "Well Settled" and "Persistently Unresolved
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15746305 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert D Truog (0000-0001-5384-8281, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Publication date | 2004-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.pfor1-0408 |
| PMID | 23260788 |
| OpenAlex | W130916812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
a recent article on the subject of brain death by noting that "If one subject in health law and bioethics can be said to be at once well settled and persistently unresolved, it is how to determine that death has occurred" [1]. The "well settled" aspect is easy to understand-thousands of deaths are diagnosed daily on the basis of cessation of pulse and respiration. A much smaller number are diagnosed on the basis of neurological criteria-so-called brain death. Brain death requires the patient to be comatose, to have no detectable brainstem reflexes, and to have no neurological drive to breathe, even when high levels of carbon dioxide are allowed to accumulate in the blood (as happens during the required "apnea test"). Following the diagnosis of brain death, patients may be taken to the operating room while their body is still being perfused by a beating heart for recovery of organs like the heart, lungs, and kidneys
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2020 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |