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The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death

The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death

JAMA Author Interviews · American Medical Association

March 29, 202322m 40s

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JAMA Executive Editor Greg Curfman, MD, speaks with Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, director of the Harvard Center for Bioethics, who describes the 2 approaches to the determination of death (cardiovascular death and brain death) and discusses the possibility that the determination of brain death may soon undergo substantial change, with important implications for organ transplantation. Related Content: