Ep. 109: Redefining Death by Revising the UDDA
Bioethics on Air
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What if We Tested for Whole Brain Death and We Still Had Chronic Brain Dead Patients Around?
Asking for absolute certitude is a recipe for not acting, says child neurologist. "To say that dead enough is good enough is never been acceptable," he adds. If we were to actually test for whole brain death, I think we would see the number of chronic brain dead patients go down" 'We need to understand that the current clinical criteria from these organizations is inadequate,' said Dr. Pellegrino.
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