Moazam F.
Ethical and social dimensions of brain death.
Pak J Neurological Sci Jan ;1(1):39-41.

In this essay, I will focus on the historical events that led to the introduction and acceptance of the clinical criterion for death - whole brain death - in the 1970s, and some of the theological and philosophical concerns expressed at that time regarding this concept. I will also provide a brief synopsis of the academic debate on this issue that continues to this day, and mention existing pockets of resistance despite the wide acceptance by healthcare professionals of the irreversible loss of brain function as a clinical and legal criterion for determination of death.

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