Shouldn't Dead Be Dead?: The Search for a Uniform Definition of Death

2017/01/01 by Ariane Lewis, Katherine Cahn-Fuller, Arthur L. Caplan · 1 citation
Medicine · Psychology · #Organ Donation and Transplantation #Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues #Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

paper · doi:10.1177/1073110517703105

openalex publication_date 2017/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

In 1968, the definition of death in the United States was expanded to include not just death by cardiopulmonary criteria, but also death by neurologic criteria. We explore the way the definition has been modified by the medical and legal communities over the past 50 years and address the medical, legal and ethical controversies associated with the definition at present, with a particular highlight on the Supreme Court of Nevada Case of Aden Hailu.

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