Death: Major Advances & Unresolved Questions

The December 2019 issue of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine is devoted to exploring major advances and unresolved questions about death.  The issue includes 25 articles representing contributions that provide legal, medical, and ethical perspectives on the process of dying. Several of these articles focus on brain death and medical aid in dying. Practice Variability in Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria for Adult PatientsAlexandra Junn, David Y. Hwang Brain Death Criteria: Medical Dogma and OutliersMolly Rayner, Maha Mansoor, Tanya Holt, Gregory Hansen Looking Back at Withdrawal of Life-Support Law and Policy to See What Lies Ahead for Medical Aid-in-DyingAlexander Morgan Capron A Report of Physicians’ Beliefs about Physician-Assisted Suicide: A National StudyPeter T. Hetzler, III, James Nie, Amanda Zhou, Lydia S. Dugdale Mortal Responsibilities: Bioethics and Medical-Assisted DyingCourtney S. Campbell Pros and Cons of Physician Aid in Dying Lydia S. Dugdale, Barron H. Lerner, Daniel Callahan
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