@article{ref1,
title="Physician power to declare death by neurologic criteria threatened",
journal="Neurocritical care",
year="2017",
author="Lewis, Ariane and Pope, Thaddeus Mason",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="446-449",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Three recent lawsuits that address declaration of brain death (BD) garnered significant media attention and threaten to limit physician power to declare BD. <br><br>METHODS: We discuss these cases and their consequences including: the right to refuse an apnea test, accepted medical standards for declaration of BD, and the irreversibility of BD. <br><br>RESULTS: These cases warrant discussion because they threaten to: limit physicians' power to determine death; incite families to seek injunctions to continue organ support after BD; and force hospitals to dispense valuable resources to dead patients in lieu of patients with reparable illnesses or injuries. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Physicians, philosophers, religious officials, ethicists, and lawyers must work together to address these issues and educate both the public and medical community about BD.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-6933",
doi="10.1007/s12028-017-0375-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12028-017-0375-x"
}