Redefining death. Are we any closer to a consensus?
As medical and technologic advances blur the once-distinct lines between life and death, legal scholars and physicians struggle to maintain a consistent and ethical definition of death. Pressures created by the possibility of organ donation and the problem of terminally ill patients or those in chronic vegetative states further complicate the question.
D001926:Brain Death; D005065:Euthanasia; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States