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Determining death

Determining death. Why pertain to the 21 st century ?. By - SP. Importance of determine death ?. pronounce a person’s death is it legal to stop life-support to proceed with organ transplanting when to proceed with religious rituals everybody in the society has to agree with the diagnosis.

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Determining death

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  1. Determining death Why pertain to the 21st century ? By - SP

  2. Importance of determine death ? • pronounce a person’s death • is it legal to stop life-support • to proceed with organ transplanting • when to proceed with religious rituals • everybody in the society has to agree with the diagnosis Social, legal and religious value

  3. Intro to human brain http://www.tbirecoverycenter.org/treatment.htm

  4. Current situation • define death as cessation of whole brain function (by physician) • takes minimum of 2 hours to diagnose, but can be longer (years) • most of the time life-support is supplied even when its irreversible (expensive treatment) • some parts of brain survive due to artificial respiration (ventilator) • ethical and moral issues resulting court’s judgment • different religions disagree on some occasions • less than 5% are defined as brain dead • other methods of determining death are inefficient for the needs • doesn’t support organ transplanting

  5. What is being done • introduce death as cessation of the part of brain cells (efficient diagnose) • or introduce a definition more satisfying to all the ethical needs • let patient decide before he/she proceeds to persistent vegetative state (Euthanasia) • let patient decide who should have control • If patient wishes life-supporting machineries to keep them alive, there has to be a less expensive method to do it. If not, the government will have to put in more funds.

  6. Reference Somerville M. (2000). The Ethical Canary: Terminating Life Support without Consent. Canada: Penguin Books Canada Limited. Humphry D. and Wickett A. (1986), The Right to Die: Defining Death. Great Britain: The Bodley Head Ltd. Benjamin F. Trump, Thomas R. McCormick (2007). Death. AccessScience@McGraw-Hill. Retrieved November 15, 2007, fromhttp://www.accessscience.com/abstract.aspx?id=181800&referURL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.accessscience.com%2fcontent.aspx%3fid%3d181800 Veatch, R. M. (2007).Death and Dying. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 15, 2007, fromhttp://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0081687-0 Neil M. Lazar, Sam Shemie, Geroge C. Webster, Nernard M. Dickens (2001). Brain Death. Bioethics for clinicians, 24. Retrieved Novemeber 17, 2007, fromhttp://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/164/6/833 Wayne Kondro. (October 24, 2006). Fragmented Organ Donation Programs Hinder Progress. CMAJ (1043-1045). Retrieved November 20, 2007, fromhttp://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/175/9/1043?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=fragmented+organ+donation+programs&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=date&resourcetype=HWCIT Michael Ptts. (August 7, 2001). Debating The Criteria for Brain Death. Correspondence posted tohttp://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/165/3/269?maxtoshow=&HITS=25&hits=25&RESULTFORMAT=3&fulltext=brain+death&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=135&sortspec=date&resourcetype=HWCIT

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