@article{IR,
      author = {White, Corey},
      url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4050},
      title = {Clinical & organizational ethical considerations in  determining death and its role in organ donation},
      publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University},
      abstract = {In 1981 the United States Uniform Determination of Death  Act (UDDA) expanded the legally recognized forms of death  to either (1) the irreversible cessation of circulatory and  respiratory functions, or (2) the irreversible cessation of  all functions of the entire brain. The second and new  definition is most commonly referred to as death by  neurological criteria or brain death. Both cardiopulmonary  and brain death are intricately linked to organ  transplantation, and the supply of organs. In the US,  donation after brain death is the source of the majority of  organs. It is also more likely to result in multiple  transplantable organs from a single donor, and is currently  the only dependable source for heart transplants. Since the  UDDA, the legal definition of death has remained unchanged,  but there continues to be public and academic controversy  regarding the processes surrounding death and organ  transplantation. The history of the legal and ethical  determination of death is deeply intertwined with the  history of organ procurement and transplantation and these  interdependent processes result in medico-legal inquiries  in addition to a variety of organizational and clinical  ethical considerations. Some specific considerations  include societal and organizational constitution of death,  the public perception of death and the role it plays in  defining death, and the role of organ donation and  procurement with the withdrawal of life support.},
      number = {IR},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/m48k785c},
      recid = {4050},
      address = {2017},
}