X-Message-Number: 16304
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 07:10:11 +0000
From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: CERTIFYING DEATH

This sort of issue may be worth keeping an eye on...

Kennita

> THE DEATH WATCH: CERTIFYING DEATH USING CARDIAC CRITERIA

> In the past, inadequate diagnostic instruments sometimes led to incorrect
> diagnoses of death, so careful and prolonged observation -- the "death
> watch" -- was required. Diagnostic instruments are now accurate and
> determining the presence or absence of circulation and cerebral function
> is easy in virtually all cases. Still, ambiguity and controversy in
> diagnosing death persists because the current criteria, irreversible
> cessation of cardiac or whole brain function, are ambiguous. ...

> Progress in Transplantation 11(1):58-66, 2001
> http://neurology.medscape.com/37977.rhtml?srcmp=neur-051801

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Kennita
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