Brain Death

Running Head : BRAIN DEATH

Brain Death

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Brain Death

Summary : ROBERT H . BLANK ARTICLE

Death occurs at an individual at the moment that his or her heart and lung stops functioning in such a way that they could never be restored At the same instance , the brain function also stops . Death had been referred to as cardio respiratory death until technology altered the context death through the introduction of what was known as brain death which refers to the cessation of brain function and activity

determined or measured by different test such as EEG diagnostics . Most of the time the term brain death refers to a patient that lost brain capacity to do important function . They may sometimes be sustained by medical apparatus but is not literally dead in the physical context . However in some countries , these persons are considered dead and organs can be transplanted to some other patients who need body organs and patients who are brain alive . Thus , benefiting the society as a whole and as well as the receivers of the organ

Although the acknowledgment of brain death benefits the community several controversies and contradictions arise . Such conflict includes the different views regarding when the patient is to be considered brain dead , which also includes the controversies regarding PVS patients Although new development on the fields of technology arises to be able to determine if one person is really brain dead , such as Digital Subtraction Angiography , Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT , Dynamic Computed Tomography (DCT , Magnetic Resonance Imaginary (MRI , Echo Planar MRI (EPI ) and many other types of equipment , a consensus regarding the acceptance of brain death was never reached because of some ethical and cultural concerns . Such factor includes the different views and stand of the pubic regarding organ transplant . Still , the main factor against the consensus of accepting brain death is the public 's opinion and view , specially the families of the patient who were considered to be brain dead , regarding the matter . They are unlikely to accept the burial of a breathing human or to intentionally terminate the cardio respiratory function of an individual through lethal injections or some other means

Due to several controversies regarding brain death , several policies had been made . However controversies and contradictions are still present regarding brain death . Returning to Cardio Respiratory death will eliminate objections regarding brain death which was the original definition of death . Modern advances in medical technology are really challenging our conception of what it means to be human , to be alive For some , the concept of Brain Death is also a form of legalizing killing

DEFINITION OF BRAIN DEATH : ROBERT BLANK

Studies showed that the brain begins to die due to some several causes One of the major causes was ageing in which there exist a gradual lost of sensory capacities in one 's brain . The higher the age of an individual means higher risk of having a decline in memory and other functions of the brain . Aging is the...