by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
A Virginia family was shocked but relieved when their mother, Val Thomas, woke up after doctors said she was dead. Mrs. Thomas, 59, while being kept breathing artificially, had no detectable brain waves for more than 17 hours. The family was discussing organ donation...
by APFLI | May 19, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
If a patient is able to process oxygen from the lungs into the bloodstream, maintain a normal body temperature, digest food and expel waste, grow to normal adult size from the age of four to twenty, and even carry a child to term, can he or she be considered dead? Can...