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Bioethics: When to Declare Someone as Dead In many people’s opinion, Nancy Cruzan was dead long before she “died.” Like many medical issues, declaring someone as dead comes with ethical, moral, political, and emotional factors, leading family members to question decisions or argue with themselves or others. One major aspect of this conflict is the fact that the patient is not able to make this decision for themselves at the point when it is necessary. Many people now write living wills expressing

Traditionally death was defined with the heart-lung criterion which referred to cardio-respiratory death. The lower brain is what controls respiration therefore the destruction of the brainstem causes loss of all cardio-respiratory vital signs and so death ensues. In 1981, a new definition arose which was labelled as Whole Brain Death. It is defined as an individual being declared dead, despite continuing functional vital signs. (Pojman, pp. 102) There is no consciousness, no control of brainstem

on April 15, 1975, Karen Ann Quinlan lost consciousness after mixing alcohol and the drug Valium, restricting oxygen to her brain(“Karen Ann Quinlan”). “After several weeks, doctors at St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville, New Jersey, say she is in a persistent vegetative state, with irreversible brain damage”(“Karen Ann Quinlan”). In August, her parents asked doctors to remove their daughter’s respirator. This was the first case of physician assisted death. Another right to die case involved Terri Schiavo

Assisted suicide has long been a topic of controversy; and within recent years counties such as the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Switzerland have deemed it legal. Yet even with these changes in the publics’ opinions around the world, consent in the act of helping take one’s life is still deemed illegal in Italy. And so, Hera, and Iris, within the novel Aeneid written by Virgil, would be charged under Italian law “Omicidio del consenziente”, article 759, with the assistance of Dido’s death. Dido by

The main ethical system with this case is mercy killing. Mercy killing is “taking a direct action to terminate a patient’s life without the patient’s permission” (Thiroux and Krasemann, pg. 184). Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state, meaning she permanently lacked any level of physical functionality. The husband believed this state prevented his wife from living while Terri’s parents believed she was still fighting to live. The husband felt his wife would want her suffering to end and

The Terri Schiavo’s Case Analysis When a patient is unable to make decisions for himself or herself, their caregivers and those who know them are appointed to make the decisions based on what the patient would have wanted. This is called surrogate decision making. According to the article Terri Schiavo and End-of-Life Decisions “when surrogate decision makers and caregivers cannot agree upon what that choice would have been, they may turn to the courts to determine either what the now-incapacitated

The Vegetative State and Euthanasia         Much media attention has been directed at the very practical use of euthanasia or assisted suicide on patients who are in a vegetative state or irreversible coma. The truth is that a significant number of such cases actually recover. This essay is devoted to those types, some very young, who would have been killed if euthanasia/assisted suicide had been legalized.   Let's begin our consideration with a nine-year-old named Ryan Atencio. He

Madison Johnson Mrs. Phillips/ 7th period 10th Grade Honors World Literature 28 August 2016 Coma Recovery: Steps to Understand the Brain Annotated Bibliography University of California - Los Angeles. "Scientists use ultrasound to jump-start a man 's brain after coma: New noninvasive technique may lead to low-cost therapy for patients with severe brain injury." Science Daily. Science Daily, 24 Aug 2016. The author explains a technique called “low-intensity focused ultrasound pulsation”

medicine in the form of respirators and artificial heart machines. The media attention to the Karen Ann Quinlan case made the issues public. The Karen Ann Quinlan case serves as a perfect example of these new issues. She was diagnosed with a persistent vegetative state, and her life was sustained with a respirator and

reason. Although I could be incorporated in this statement, I believe I have an open-mind when it comes to these issues and could argue either way. But, from a personal stand point, I believe abortion and euthanasia are not the worst things in the world. In the case of abortion, think about a thirteen-year-old who was raped or sexually molested by her father. A little girl