An interdisciplinary response to contemporary concerns about brain death determination
| Autor: | Ariane Lewis, Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, John Hutchins, Justin A. Sattin, James A. Russell, Leon G. Epstein, Richard J. Bonnie, Michael Rubin, Matthew P. Kirschen, David M. Greer, James L. Bernat, Sandralee Blosser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Brain Death Quality management MEDLINE 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Societies Medical geography Summit geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry Guideline adherence Medical practice Reproducibility of Results Guideline Neurology Family medicine Practice Guidelines as Topic Public trust Death determination Female Neurology (clinical) Guideline Adherence business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Neurology. 90(9) |
| ISSN: | 1526-632X |
| Popis: | In response to a number of recent lawsuits related to brain death determination, the American Academy of Neurology Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee convened a multisociety quality improvement summit in October 2016 to address, and potentially correct, aspects of brain death determination within the purview of medical practice that may have contributed to these lawsuits. This article, which has been endorsed by multiple societies that are stakeholders in brain death determination, summarizes the discussion at this summit, wherein we (1) reaffirmed the validity of determination of death by neurologic criteria and the use of the American Academy of Neurology practice guideline to determine brain death in adults; (2) discussed the development of systems to ensure that brain death determination is consistent and accurate; (3) reviewed strategies to respond to objections to determination of death by neurologic criteria; and (4) outlined goals to improve public trust in brain death determination. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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