The Unsuccessful Effort to Revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act

Robert D Truog; David C Magnus

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.24475

The Unsuccessful Effort to Revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act

JAMA. 2023 Dec 26;330(24):2335-2336. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.24475.

Authors

Robert D Truog^{1

2}, David C Magnus³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Center for Bioethics, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

PMID: 38060232
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24475

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint summarizes the major issues that led to the decision to draft a revision of the Uniform Determination of Death Act, the alternatives that were considered, why there was failure to reach consensus, and what this means for the future.

MeSH terms

Brain Death* / diagnosis
Brain Death* / legislation & jurisprudence
Brain Death* / physiopathology
Death
Humans
Tissue and Organ Procurement / legislation & jurisprudence
United States