![]() ![]() Yet, the new criteria are far less certain than the older ones, they are not merely uncertain but certainly wrong in principle. Since any criterion nowadays must subserve organ transplantation as well as all other purposes, any new general criterion of death must be at least as certain as the older ones, since a mistake here would be lethal. The new criteria are intended not only to decide as soon as possible when someone is dead, but among other options to clear the way for the excision of vital organs-action which, if a mistake has been made, is certain to kill the still-living patient. ![]() On the contrary, the new criteria are intended to prevent someone from being treated as alive when already dead. ![]() Cessation of all functions of the entire brain, whether irreversible or not, has not been linked necessarily to total destruction of the brain or to death of the person.1Īll general criteria used as standard up to 1968 developed from the intention to make sure that a person who is still alive will not be treated as if dead. Much of the confusion has come from widespread misunderstanding of how the word “death” has been used and what it has meant. Legislation to establish “brain-related” criteria for death has uniformly confounded irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain with death of the human person. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |