Brain Death Testing: Time for National Uniformity

Name / volume / issue

77584

Page number

1-3

Primary author

Thaddeus Mason Pope

Tag(s): Journal article

Abstract

It is time to revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) to assure a consistent nationwide approach to consent for brain death testing. Only two of 56 U.S. jurisdictions address the question in statute or regulation. Unfortunately, leaving this issue up to clinicians and the courts has led to considerable confusion and variability. We can tolerate this no longer. Certainty and clarity are of paramount importance in death determination.

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