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Is Brain Death the Death of a Human Person?

By Robert Spaemann “The identification of ‘brain death’ and the death of the human being can be maintained only if the personality of man is [...]

rdmedia2023-07-12T13:30:15-04:00May 16 2019|Brain Death, Published Articles|
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‘Brain Death,’ Organ Donation, and Presumed Consent

Consent Cannot Be Presumed because 'Brain Death' Is Not True Death Doyen Nguyent, 2019 Abstract The marked decline in organ donation in Germany in recent [...]

rdmedia2023-09-26T15:38:21-04:00May 14 2019|Brain Death, Published Articles|
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Why Thomistic Defense of “Brain Death” is Not Thomistic: An Analysis From The Perspectives Of Classical Philosophy and Contemporary Biophilosophy

DOYEN NGUYEN Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Rome, Italy THE ONGOING DEBATE on “brain death” (BD)— also known as the neurological standard for the [...]

rdmedia2023-07-12T13:31:45-04:00May 14 2019|Brain Death, Published Articles|
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Pope John Paul II and the neurological standard for the determination of death: A critical analysis of his address to the Transplantation Society

DOYEN NGUYEN Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy The introduction of the “brain death” criterion constitutes a significant paradigm shift in the determination [...]

rdmedia2023-07-12T13:32:23-04:00May 14 2019|Brain Death, Published Articles|
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“Brain Death” is neither Human Death nor its Sign

An Answer to Condic, Lee, Moschella and other Defenders of Brain Death Definitions and Criteria of Human Death Josef Seifert† 2018 Abstract After an introduction, [...]

rdmedia2023-07-12T13:31:14-04:00May 14 2019|Brain Death, Published Articles|
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You Only Die Once: Why Brain Death is Not the Death of a Human Being!

D. Alan Shewmon: [My argument] has revealed the total absence of any compelling philosophical or scientific reason to interpret brain-mediated somatic integration as constitutive of [...]

rdmedia2023-07-10T17:21:20-04:00May 14 2019|Brain Death, Published Articles|
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