This article reviews some of the clinical aspects of brain-death in order to allow poskim to make an informed decision as to whether it would be sufficient for Halachic death. In addition, the article begins with a discussion of the importance of determining the precise moment of death and the ethical advantages that the secular ethics community believes are present in the brain-death standard.
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Michael A. Hoffnung, DO
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Larner College of Med. at UVM
Rabbi Joseph Friedman
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