That is the case with brain-dead people whose families elect to keep them attached to ventilating machines.
In Truog's view, a better approach would be to remove these patients' organs while they are still on life support, as is done with brain-dead donors.
Although the Act was revised in 2010 with brain-dead organ donation increased from 13 to 44 cases yearly, the number was still extremely smaller than other developed countries.
The work holds great promise, he says, but it may move slowly until experiments with brain-dead patients gain greater acceptance among clinicians.
Proponents of this approach believe that it correctly implies, contrary to competing standards, that a human body that is breathing and maintaining circulation is alive regardless of whether continuation of these functions requires external support (as with "brain-dead" patients, locked-in patients, and normal fetuses) (Shewmon 2001; Potts 2001).
We all know that the California freeways are crammed with brain-dead drivers who hog the slow lane, apparently incapable of learning how to effectively merge with new drivers entering the freeway.
Here's to the travelers we have bonded with while brain dead on night bus stopovers trying to buy some Pringles from a sketchy cafe.
In their daily work, JG and CH are engaged with eligible brain dead donors and their relatives.
Donor hearts from adults usually come from people who are confirmed as brain dead but with a heart still beating.
In this case-control study, we examined the effectiveness of the recruitment maneuver with a comparison cohort of brain dead patients who did not receive the maneuver.
Now, with his patient brain dead after a stroke, Dr. Samuels was presiding over the unplugging of the device that had kept Mr. Quinn alive longer than anybody dared hope -- perhaps, both he and his surgeon thought, too long.
