Growing Consensus on the Need to Revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act: Response to Miller and Nair-Collins

To address recent lawsuits that question whether the persistent of hormonal functions is consistent with death by neurologic criteria (such as the case of Jahi McMath), we proposed specific mention in a UDDA that loss of hormonal functions is not required for declaration of death by neurologic criteria. The post Growing Consensus on the Need to Revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act: Response to Miller and Nair-Collins appeared first on The Hastings Center.
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