Tuesday 18 January 2011

Do we have the Brains to accurately determine Brain Death?

Let's concede arguendo that Brain Stem Death meets all Halachic requirements for time of death.

Question: Can we trust the physicians involved NOT to be biased - ESPECIALLY when they have a self-interest in harvesting organs?

For a Rare, "Fair and Balanced Viewpoint" of the issue please read

R Yitzchok Breitowitz's article

http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/brain.html

RYB raises my very same concern

«One could easily subscribe to "whole brain" death as a concept and yet reject the particular diagnostic tools employed.»


RYB is a musmach of Ner Israel and a JD from Harvard

Full disclosure: we grew up together in Hartford and around when he reach 7th grade we knew he was a full-blown illuy.

Shalom
RRW

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