Bioethics on Air: Episode 120: Dead Enough is Good Enough: Update on Determining Brain Death and NRP

Neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, rejoins Joe Zalot to discuss the latest news on brain death. They discuss (a) the impact of the Uniform Law Commission placing on hold revision of the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA), (b) the American Academy of Neurology’s (AAN) new and problematic guidelines for determining brain death, and (c) informed consent concerns arising with normothermic regional perfusion (NRP).

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistJanuary 10, 2024Brain Death, Organ Donation, Determination of Death

Bioethics on Air: Episode 119: Update on UDDA Revisions … and Concerns with Normothermic Regional Perfusion

Neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, rejoins Joe Zalot to update listeners on efforts to redefine death by revising the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA). He also discusses important medical and ethical concerns with normothermic regional perfusion.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistAugust 9, 2023Brain Death, Organ Donation, Determination of Death

Bioethics on Air: Episode 36: Philosophical Perspectives on Brain Death—with Dr. Melissa Moschella

In the second of a two-part series on brain death, Dr. Melissa Moschella joins Joe Zalot to discuss how “irreversible loss of organismal self-integration” offers a valid philosophical basis for determining death.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistJune 22, 2020Brain Death, End-of-Life Issues, Determination of Death, Organ Donation

Bioethics on Air: Episode 35: Perspectives on Neurological Criteria for Brain Death—with Matthew Hanley

This podcast is the first of a two-part series on brain death. Matthew Hanley joins Joe Zalot to talk about his book Determining Death by Neurological Criteria: Current Practice and Ethics recently published by the NCBC.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistJune 16, 2020Brain Death, End-of-Life Issues, Determination of Death, Organ Donation

Bioethics on Air: Episode 22: Organ Procurement and Allocation—with Barry Massa

Barry Masa, CEO of LifeCenter Organ Donor Network, explains the role that organ procurement organizations play in ensuring the ethical retrieval and allocation of organs. He also addresses some persistent concerns about organ transplantation in general.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistOctober 12, 2018Organ Donation, Brain Death, Determination of Death, End-of-Life Issues, Catholic Health Care, Professional Guidance, Advance Directives and POLST

Bioethics on Air: Episode 19: Deactivating a Pacemaker—with Rev. Benedict Guevin, OSB

Fr. Benedict Guevin examines whether it is permissible to deactivate a pacemaker, which differs from other medical devices in some crucial, ethically relevant aspects.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistMay 17, 2018End-of-Life Issues, Brain Death, Determination of Death, Catholic Health Care, Professional Guidance, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Bioethics on Air: Episode 16: Legal Challenges of POLST—with Attorney Cameo Anders

Attorney Cameo Anders explains the issues that POLST (physician orders for life-sustaining treatment) is meant to solve and those it raises.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistFebruary 1, 2018End-of-Life Issues, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), Brain Death, Determination of Death, Advance Directives and POLST, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Bioethics on Air: Episode 15: Legal Aspects of Advance Care Planning—with Attorney Cameo Anders

Attorney Cameo Anders discusses how to properly identify a surrogate and use advance directives like living wills and health care powers of attorney to ensure ethical health care decision making after injury or at the end of life.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistJanuary 16, 2018End-of-Life Issues, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), Determination of Death, Brain Death, Advance Directives and POLST, Nutrition and Hydration, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Bioethics on Air: Episode 8: Remnants of Life—with Ethicist Edward Furton

Ethicist Edward Furton probes of the subtleties of brain death and the difficulties that arise from the linguistic difference between metaphysics and science as well as from dissenting opinions within Catholic philosophy.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistDecember 2, 2016Brain Death, Determination of Death, End-of-Life Issues, Professional Guidance, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)

Bioethics on Air: Episode 6: Reasonable Hope of Benefit—with Ethicist John Di Camillo

Ethicist John Di Camillo discusses the difference between ordinary and extraordinary care in end-of-life decision making.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistNovember 3, 2016End-of-Life Issues, Determination of Death, Brain Death, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), Nutrition and Hydration

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