The Moral Uncertainty of “Brain Death” This is a well-researched study of the impossibility of using the concept of “brain death” as a clear indicator of the actual death of the person. The author is a medical doctor, the Managing Partner of Fidelis Radiology and President of the Tulsa Guild of the Catholic Medical Association.
New guidelines on determining brain death released today offer the first updated recommendations in more than a decade for adult and pediatric patients.