Brain-death and pregnancy.
This paper examines the case of a pregnant woman killed by a traffic accident (brain-death), but under intensive care and discusses legal and ethical aspects. Ceasing intensive care was, legally, neither necessary nor forbidden. Ethically, the right to life in a defensive meaning is unlimited, however, in the sense of a right to participate, it is dependent of the circumstances, which include economy as well as the chances of the child.
Wuermeling
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Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen, Germany.
D000293:Adolescent; D001926:Brain Death; D003422:Critical Care; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications