Autoresuscitation and clinical authority in death determination using circulatory criteria

Amanda van Beinum, Laura Hornby, Nathan Scales, Sam D. Shemie and Sonny Dhanani

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 301, issue C

Abstract: -The clinical process of determining death using circulatory criteria is unsettled.-Cardiac activity after determination of death is perceived as “autoresuscitation”.-Intensive care life support technologies help establish dying as normal or abnormal.-Dying trajectories are interpreted to maintain confidence in the definition of death.

Keywords: Death; Determination of death; Autoresuscitation; Intensive care unit; Healthcare professionals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114904

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