The cover story of the May issue of Discover Magazine deals with how beating heart cadavers are used for organ donations. It gives a good overview on the evolving medical definitions of "dead". In the past several years, about 22 women who were brain dead were still able to gestate a fetus, including one case of 107 days after brain death.
Another blog post on Democratic Underground touches on the issues raised in the article: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002467953
No comments:
Post a Comment