Whole Brain Death

According to Professor Cherry, whole body death and whole brain death are characterized by these two examples: “If you take a different kidney, you’re still you. On the other hand, if you take a different brain , you’re dead.” If an individual has irreversible functions of the brain, then he/she is likely dead. He also provided our lecture class with a valuable example of when a Nurse told him that a father wanted his baby delivered from its’ dead mother and after two months, the baby was born. In these circumstances it is not impossible to save people from heart and kidney failure as well. There is an issue with many families who have to go through this type of situation. For example, one family may have wanted their relative who was a middle

Also, death can be diagnosed using this type of information that considers whether it is cardio-respiratory or neurological. For example, if a person is said to be dead, the health care staff does not have to be worried about the patient’s family convicting the health care professional of committing homicide, only if they provided acceptable medical assistance. Given these facts, it is difficult to set apart heart lung cadavers and brain dead cadavers because both deal with the same concept of a dead body part being used and there are also various legal issues with this situation. To provide a better outlook on the concept of death was put together by the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws in which they said, “An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead”. This definition is very relatable to both Professor Iltis’s and Professor Cherry’s definition. However, the perspective is quite different between both professor’s because Mr. Cherry looks at the philosophical aspect while Professor IItis looks at the scientific reasoning and medical professional view of