Sentence examples for considered brain-dead from inspiring English sources

The court is hearing a plea to end the life of Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse in Mumbai who has been paralysed and considered "brain-dead" since she was attacked by a rapist in November 1973.

In regards to the physical, many, if not a majority, of Americans believe that they should not be kept alive on a ventilator if they are considered brain-dead.

Patients who were less than 16 years of age or who were considered brain dead within 24 h of admission were excluded.

Those most severely impacted are considered to be brain-dead.

A maximum score of 21 is considered neurologically normal, whereas a score of 0 is considered as brain dead.

Doctors considered him brain dead and recommended turning off his life support.

It said new types of donors may need to be considered, like brain dead patients kept alive on ventilators.

Under United States federal regulations, brain-dead organ donors are not legally considered to be human subjects for the purposes of informed consent.

Because brain-dead organ donors are not legally considered to be human subjects for the purposes of Institutional Review, we did not seek approval from the institutional review boards (IRBs) of the 175 hospitals where a brain-dead donor enrolled in BOLD might be cared for by the CTDN.

Secondary appraisal criteria were: number of recovered organs compared with number of brain-dead donors and with number of organs considered for procurement when grafts were proposed to the Agence de la biomédecine (French organization responsible for census of brain-dead patients and for national distribution of grafts).

In 2008, a young Oklahoman named Zack Dunlap was declared brain-dead after an all-terrain-vehicle accident and was considered for organ donation.