"Death as the One Great Certainty": ethical implications of children with irreversible cardiorespiratory failure and dependence on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

• Main Authors: Katie M. Moynihan (Author), Lisa S. Taylor (Author), Bryan Siegel (Author), Natasha Nassar (Author), Efrat Lelkes (Author), Wynne Morrison (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionAdvances in medical technology have led to both clinical and philosophical challenges in defining death. Highly publicized cases have occurred when families or communities challenge a determination of death by the irreversible cessation of neurologic function (brain death). Parallels can...