Brain Death
- 24 August 1978
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 299 (8), 410-412
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197808242990807
Abstract
The inescapable logic of the concept that death of the brain is equivalent to death of the person has now achieved widespread acceptance. In the decade since a Harvard Ad Hoc Committee enunciated the view and gave specific guidelines for making such a diagnosis,1 a vast literature has developed on this subject. The Medical Progress article by Dr. Peter Black appearing in the last two issues of the Journal is a superb summary of various facets of the subject ranging through medicine, law, ethics and public opinion. The title of the Harvard report was: "A Definition of Irreversible Coma: Report . . .Keywords
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- Cerebral death and the electroencephalogram. Report of the ad hoc committee of the American Electroencephalographic Society on EEG Criteria for determination of cerebral deathPublished by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1969
- A definition of irreversible coma. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to Examine the Definition of Brain DeathJAMA, 1968