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Jun 7, 2023 · The Uniform Determination of Death Act offers two statutory definitions for when an individual is legally declared dead: Circulatory and respiratory functions irreversibly stop; or All functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, irreversibly stop.
Apr 20, 2016 · The determination of death criteria recognized in jurisdictions across the United States have raised complex medical, legal, and ethical issues, largely based on the prevailing respect for a moral framework known as the DDR. The DDR is neither a piece of legislation nor an absolute rule of medicine.
- Nikolas T. Nikas, Dorinda C. Bordlee, Madeline Moreira
- 10.1093/jmp/jhw002
- 2016
- J Med Philos. 2016 Jun; 41(3): 237-256.
Aug 2, 2001 · Determination of Death: Directed by Michael Miller. With Veronica Hamel, Michele Greene, John Ratzenberger, William Katt. In order to free themselves from debt, a husband and wife plan to fake the husband's death but the scheme goes terribly awry.
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- Crime, Drama
- Michael Miller
- 2001-08-02
Death is a process involving cessation of physiological functions, and the determination of death is the final event in that process. For most people, death takes occurs with the confirmation of irreversible cessation of cardiorespiratory function.
Feb 14, 2024 · The author argues that the UDDA, the legal standard for death in the U.S., has deficiencies and causes confusion and disputes about brain death. She suggests revisions to the UDDA to align it with medical practice and avoid moral distress for families and clinicians.
- Ariane Lewis
Oct 13, 2019 · This essay reviews recent controversy in the determination of death, with particular attention to the definition and moment of death. Definitions of death have evolved from the intuitive to the pathophysiologic and the medicolegal.
Nov 20, 2016 · Traditionally, death has been determined by the medical profession using basic assumed cardiopulmonary standards. 1 These standards took the form of using either a heart or lung functioning criteria for death. 2 To determine death, physicians would ‘feel for the pulse, listen for breathing, hold a mirror before the nose to test for ...
