by APFLI | Apr 27, 2016 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
There is only one type of death but two means of declaring a person “dead.” One is the irreversible cessation of cardio/pulmonary function. Let’s call that “heart death.” The other is total brain failure, or the irreversible cessation of the brain–and all of its...
by APFLI | Mar 7, 2004 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
For the past several years, a little-known but disturbing revolution has been occurring in organ donation. In the understandable but sometimes alarming zeal to obtain more organs, the procedure called non-heart-beating organ donation (NHBD) has been quietly added to...
