Revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act to Align the Law With Practice Through Neurorespiratory Criteria

Author:

Omelianchuk Adam,Bernat James,Caplan Arthur,Greer David,Lazaridis Christos,Lewis Ariane,Pope Thaddeus,Ross Lainie Friedman,Magnus David

Abstract

Although the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) has served as a model statute for 40 years, there is a growing recognition that the law must be updated. One issue being considered by the Uniform Law Commission's Drafting Committee to revise the UDDA is whether the text “all functions of the entire brain, including the brainstem” should be changed. Some argue that the absence of diabetes insipidus indicates that some brain functioning continues in many individuals who otherwise meet the “accepted medical standards” like the American Academy of Neurology's. The concern is that the legal criteria and the medical standards used to determine death by neurologic criteria are not aligned. We argue for the revision of the UDDA to more accurately specify legal criteria that align with the medical standards: brain injury leading to permanent loss of the capacity for consciousness, the ability to breathe spontaneously, and brainstem reflexes. We term these criteria neurorespiratory criteria and show that they are well-supported in the literature for physiologic and social reasons justifying their use in the law.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Neurology (clinical)

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