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Bioethics Forum Essay

Proposal for Revising the Uniform Determination of Death Act

We believe that the concept of brain death, though flawed in its present application, can be preserved and promoted as a pathway to organ donation, but only after particular changes are made in the medical criteria for its diagnosis.
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