Articles

Below you will find articles by rabbis, doctors and scholars about the halachic and medical issues surrounding brain-stem death and organ donation. Some articles are pro organ donation and some are con. We believe by showing all positions, we can allow the public to judge for themselves where they stand on these issues.

406. Title: Praying for a Brain-Dead Person is Forbidden
     Author: HaCohen, Rabbi Re’em
     Publication: Mashut B’Aretz
     Year: 2011
     Download: English     Hebrew
     HOD Comment:

     Even if you think brain death is not death, since no one has ever recovered from it is a tefilah leshav

      

407. Title: The Denervated Heart
     Author: Clough, Peggy
     Publication: Clinical Management
     Year: 1990, July-August
     Download: English  
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408. Title: Donation After Cardiac Death and the Emergency Department: Ethical Issues
     Author: Simon, Jeremy R., MD, Ph.D.; Raquel M. Shears, MD, MPH, and Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc
     Publication: Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
     Year: 2013
     Download: English  
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409. Title: Brain Death Is Not The Final Word
     

     Author: Zacharowicz, MD, Leon
     Publication:
     Year: 2006
     Download: English

     HOD Comments:
     Response to “Organ Donation: Gift or Halachic Obligation?”

      

410. Title: Need For Transplant Organs Is Acute Among Blacks
     

     Author: Kelley, Tina
     Publication: New York Times
     Year: 2006~~
     Download: English

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411. Title: Compensated Living Kidney Donation: A Plea for Pragmatism
     

     Author: Omar, Faisal; Tufveson, Gunnar; and Welin, Stellan
     Publication: Health Care Anal
     Year: 2009~~
     Download: English

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412. Title: NEUROLOGICAL DETERMINATION OF DEATH
     

     Author: Ontario Trillium Gift of Life Network
     Publication:
     Year: 2006
     Download: English

     HOD Comments:
     This document outlines the Candadian Transplantation’s medical requirements to determine brain-stem death.~~

      

413. Title: Preliminary Marked Increase in the National Organ Donation Rate in Israel Following Implementation of a New Organ Transplantation Law
     

     Author: Lavee, J.; Ashkenazi, T.; Stoler, A.; Cohen, J.; and Beyar, R.
     Publication: American Journal of Transplantation
     Year: 2013~~
     Download: English

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414. Title: Various Halachic Sources
     

     Author: Unknown
     Publication:
     Year:
     Download: Hebrew

     HOD Comments:
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415. Title: Organ Donation and Priority Points in Israel: An Ethical Analysis
     

     Author: Quigley, Muireann; Wright, Linda; and Ravitsky
     Publication: Transplantation; 93: 970-973
     Year: 2012~~
     Download: English

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416. Title: Validity of Brain Death Criteria in Infants
     

     Author: Fishman, MD. Marvin A.,
     Publication: Pediatrics
     Year: 1995~~
     Download: English

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417. Title: Return of Spontaneous Respiration in an Infant Who Fulfilled Current Criteria to Determine Brain Death
     

     Author: Okamoto, MD, Ken; Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, MD
     Publication: Pediatrics
     Year: 1995~~
     Download: English

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418. Title: Long Survival Following Bacterial Meningitis-Associated Brain Destruction
     

     Author: Repertinger, MD, Susan; William P. Fitzgibbons, MD; Mathew F. Omojola, MB, FRCPC; Roger A. Brumback, MD
     Publication: Journal of Child Neurology
     Year: 2006~~
     Download: English

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419. Title: Brain-stem Death and Transplantation of Heart and Liver
     

     Author: Rav Shlomo Moshe Amar
     Publication: Techumin
     Year: 2011
     Download: Hebrew

     HOD Comments:
     Hebrew year – 5773 Volume 31~~

      

420. Title: Guidelines for the Determination of Brain Death in Infants and Children: An Update of the 1987 Task Force Recommendations
     

     Author: Nakagawa, Thomas A; Ashwal, Stephen; Mathur, Mudit; Mohan Mysore, Mohan; et. al.
     Publication: Pediatrics
     Year: 2011
     Download: English

     HOD Comments:
     American Academy of Pediatrics~~