When the level of consciousness is compromised: Ethical implications for the care of unresponsive patients
A recent article, published in the prestigious scientific journal BMC [...]
A recent article, published in the prestigious scientific journal BMC [...]
“The discussion of brain death should arguably focus on the [...]
An article published in The Economist newspaper on August 26, [...]
Near-death experiences are triggered during singular life-threatening episodes when the body is injured by a heart attack, shock, or blunt trauma such as an explosion or a fall. These events share broad commonalities: becoming pain-free, seeing a bright light at the end of a tunnel, or detaching from one's body and floating above it and even flying off into space. Why the mind should experience the struggle to sustain its operations in the face of a loss of blood flow and oxygen as positive and blissful rather than as panic-inducing remains a mystery.
Recently, an article entitled “National Recommendations on Pediatric Donation” was [...]
A controversial critical issue for the organ transplantation system: the [...]
Palliative care is a patient right Since its introduction in [...]
Along with the objective, medical and ethical problems posed by [...]
Talented canoeist Catarina Sequeira, 26, had been declared brain dead [...]
With a large majority (392-162), the most important medical institution [...]