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Societal factors that shape our attitudes toward death. What tests: this is known as higher brain theory. Fell into a pvs and showed no evidence of higher cortical functioning b. ) Required artificially delivered fluids and nutrition to remain alive c. ) after 15 years of being in this state (and much controversy), the feeding tube was removed and she passed away 13 days later: brain death: history a. ) 1968: harvard medical school ad hoc committee formed to study new ways of defining death. b. ) Objective= formulate a new criteria for pronouncing death. Why needed? c. ) motive: to define irreversible coma as a new criterion for death. Why do you think? d. ) problem with the word coma. e. ) they recommended looking to the brain as the reference point for death. Early criticisms of brain-death statutes: need more than one physician to determine death, physician who pronounces death should not be part of organ procurement team j. )

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