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A new statement on end-of-life care threatens established Catholic tradition.

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(RNS) — What is really driving the decision to say a life is over?

Debate about brain death has prevented needed revisions to the Uniform Determination of Death Act

Bioethicists, doctors and lawyers are weighing whether to redefine how someone should be declared dead. A change in criteria for brain death could have wide-ranging implications for patients' care.

Bioethicists, doctors and lawyers are weighing whether to redefine how someone should be declared dead. A change in criteria for brain death could have wide-ranging implications for patients' care.

Bioethicists, doctors and lawyers are weighing whether to redefine how someone should be declared dead. A change in criteria for brain death could have wide-ranging implications for patients care.

Bioethicists, doctors and lawyers are weighing whether to redefine how someone should be declared dead. A change in criteria for brain death could have wide-ranging implications for patients care.

A global round-up from The Economist Intelligence Unit | The World Ahead

Jeremy Medina was accidentally hit in the head with a bat at baseball practice and subsequently rendered comatose on a ventilator to help him breathe.