Cessation of medical support and the issue of authorization in patients diagnosed as brain death


Tepehan S., Elmas I.

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF BAKIRKOY, cilt.12, sa.4, ss.207-212, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5350/btdmjb201612406
  • Dergi Adı: MEDICAL JOURNAL OF BAKIRKOY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.207-212
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Considering brain death as legal death plays an important role in both provision of organ transplants and cessation of medical support. Another aspect of this issue is to decide who will have authorization for cessation of medical support. In this study, medical, legal and ethical aspects of the issue were dealt with data collected through a questionnaire.