Woman with no brainwave activity wakes up after hearing her daughter’s voice
The awakening of a mother who had no brainwave activity further calls into question the long-held medical understanding of so-called ‘brain death.’
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Texas Catholic church cancels funeral date for Margo Naranjo after learning she’s not dying
The parish was not aware that the woman's parents planned to withhold nutrition and hydration from their daughter to hasten her death in clear violation of Church teaching.
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US bishops warn against changing the legal definition of death. But do they go far enough?
The obtaining of viable organs is the driving force that is pushing policy writers, medical professionals, and legislators to rewrite medical protocol and state legislation.
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The committee in charge of the legal definition of ‘brain death’ remains stalemated
The Uniform Law Commission, the group in charge of drafting the Uniform Determination of Death Act (RUDDA), remains undecided as to how to properly define 'brain death' in the American legal framework.
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