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 -- Live long and prosper, Kennita -- Kennita Watson | Check your receipt! If it has your complete | CC number and exp. date on it, complain to the http://www.kennita.com | manager; you are ripe for credit/identity theft. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16304