Brain Death Controversy

Here is a very well reasoned discussion of the brain death controversies that occasionally arise. I have a bit of compassion for these cases because my father died in a car accident. He was on life support for two days while they tried to stabilize him. But it became clear that his injuries were too great and that his brain had stopped.

It was an easy decision for us to stop life support because we had discussed this and my father’s views were very clear. He always felt if his brain was gone, he was gone, and I feel the same way.

But not everyone discusses this up front, and different religions have different things to say on the topic. So I agree with the article, which basically says that it needs to be established up front that it is a medical decision.