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Transplantation of Ovaries and Testicles
Murder of the Donor: Introduction to the Medical Discussion
Lifesaving Organ Transplantation from a Cadaver
Brain Death and Heart Transplants
The Heart, the Head, and the Halakhah
Article is from 1970, but already Rav Rosenfeld identified the brain as the seat of personal identity, and wrote that it didn’t matter if the heart was still beating if the brain had been removed.
Irreversible Maternal Brain Injury during Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
They don’t document her being brain dead and actually don’t claim she was. This is a good example of why even medical people have misconceptions about the entire topic.
Rabbi Bush Poses Questions to Chief Rabbinate of Israel
It seems Rabbi Bush wrote his questions in English. This article includes most of this original questions in English and also translates them into Hebrew.
Rav Ovadiah Yosef on Brain Death
Rav Elyashiv’s Position on Israeli Brain Death Law
Click here to see the summary of this article.