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After Brittany O’Connor was declared brain dead, her father clashed with medical authorities. The battle shines a light on America’s legal definition of death – and the thousands waiting for organ donation

Chaplet / New Organ Donor Protocol is... Problematic - Relevant Radio

(Unsplash/Robina Weermeijer) Some Catholic doctors and medical ethicists have raised concern about possible forthcoming changes to the legal definition of brain death used in most U.S. states. The issue of whether family consent should be required for brain death testing is of particular importance, especially since a determination of brain death can allow for patients organs to be harvested if they are registered as an organ donor. "Its somewhat interesting that the church fo...