There are certain moral questions that every person should be able to answer because they affect how we live and how we care for those whom we love. Know these general principles; the Lord will teach you how to apply them to specific circumstances. If you need help, you are welcome to contact the Christ […]
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It is long past time for complete transparency about organ procurement practices, and for mandating fully informed consent when people register to become organ donors. “Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,
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Dr. Christopher DeCock, MD, serves as a pediatric neurologist whose vocation extends beyond the clinic into the realm of moral reflection.Through his appearances on Real Presence Radio, he offers thoughtful insights on the intersection of medicine, ethics, and faith — from end-of-life care and bioethics to transhumanism, artificial intelligence, and the inherent goodness of human life
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Conversations That Matter “Dr. Heidi Klessig from Respect for Human Life uncovers the unsettling truths behind organ donation and the concept of “brain death.” She also shares her personal journey as a former anesthesiologist, revealing a shocking experience that led her to question the ethics of organ procurement. From the controversial history of brain death
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By Michael Arthur Vacca, M. Theol, J.D., BA “Brain death,” or death by neurological criteria is a legal fiction that is refuted by sound medicine, philosophy, and theology. As I will substantiate in this paper and I substantiated in my previous paper in the Linacre Quarterly on the subject,1 so called “brain death” or “death
By Michael Arthur Vacca and Louis Brown Jr. The American Academy of Neurology has altered its guidelines, at great cost to the life and dignity of patients. What if your local hospital could declare your family member “brain dead” even though part of her brain was still functioning? What if the hospital could use that illegitimate
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The Speaker Salon interviews two doctors and a theologian on the topic of organ harvesting and the controversies surrounding brain death diagnostics. Dr. Heidi Klessig, author of The Brain Death Fallacy shares about her career as an anaesthesiologist and why she was needed in the operating room to administer anaesthesia to a man who was
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– yet, they keep updating their guidelines. That alone should give us pause. This newest iteration actually changes the definition of brain death from “irreversible” cessation of all brain function to “permanent” loss of function. The Uniform Law Commission recently declined to adopt this change because it is too subjective. A permanent brain injury is
Board-certified neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, joins Joe Zalot to discuss how proposed changes to the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) could change the legal definition of brain death. Recording and additional resources available here: https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/bioethics-on-air-episode-109-redefining-death-by-revising-the-udda FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW: Neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, rejoins Joe Zalot to update listeners on efforts to redefine death by revising
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