When Alive Is Dead
By Judie Brown There has been an ongoing debate about when a person is really, truly dead for as long as I have been involved… Read More »When Alive Is Dead
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Tales from the Pit
By Judie Brown The word “pit” in the title refers to the specific pit commonly known as hell—a place of excruciating, never-ending suffering for the… Read More »Tales from the Pit
The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA)
By Sara Buscher, a lawyer and Chair, EPC – USA The Uniform Law Commission writes model laws that states can adopt though their legislatures. A… Read More »The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA)
Please Read Before You Agree to Be an Organ Donor
By Nancy Valko Whether we are renewing our driver’s licenses, watching the TV news, or just picking up a newspaper, it’s impossible to miss the… Read More »Please Read Before You Agree to Be an Organ Donor
A Downsizing Surprise
By Lisa Heule The surprising thing about downsizing is that your children and friends don’t want your stuff. Our granddaughter Cece helped me place candlesticks,… Read More »A Downsizing Surprise
The Dangers of Organ Donation
By Leslie Sholly Heidi Klessig, MD, and Christopher W. Bogosh, RN-BC, wrote Harvesting Organs & Cherishing Life: What Christians Need to Know about Organ Donation… Read More »The Dangers of Organ Donation
Brain Death: Part One
By Doyen Nguyen, OP, MD, STD The concept of “brain death” reached its 50th anniversary in August 2018. Despite its apparent worldwide medico-legal acceptance, brain… Read More »Brain Death: Part One
Organs for Transplantation Must Be from Living
By Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) devoted four pages to vital organ transplantation (8/19/2012), mostly in promotion of organ “donation.
When You’re Dead, You’re Dead; When You’re ‘Brain Dead,’ You’re Alive
The author wrote this article for a persuasive speech she gave in her advanced-placement English class in her junior year of high school. Her grade was 48 out of 50 (two points were deducted only for voice clarity, not content).
Find Me Somebody to Organ-Rob–Alive or Dead
Organ-robbing is something that, in polite company, is referred to as organ donation or organ removal from a “dead” body or some similar term.
Shock: Requiring Death before Organ Donation Is Unnecessary, Say Experts
Because organ donors are often alive when their organs are harvested, the medical community should not require donors to be declared dead
Vital Organ Donation II
If you were to compare a dead body with a “brain dead” body, you would find that the dead body is pale, cold, stiff, and unresponsive.