Question

Evaluate issues in determining death and decisions regarding death. This discussion exercise will allow you to explore the complexity of defining what “ death” actually means. As our body and our mind both contribute to our experiencing life, there is debate as to when we are actually officially “dead” if some of our body still functions, while most of our brain does not. It is a significant issue to consider, as it can influence decisions that are made in times of such horrific circumstances.

Instructions: At what point do you consider an individual “dead”? Think carefully about what you believe constitutes “life” to help you answer this more completely. On what is your conclusion based? Has this view changed over your lifetime? Why? If you were declared “brain dead” by a competent group of physicians, what would you want done? Would you consider a living will? What is your perspective on Dr. Kevorkian and the assistance he has provided to those who decided that their “lives” were a mere physical existence, too painful to enable them to experience a true mental “life”? In answering these questions, think about how modern technology and the advances made in medicine’s ability to prolong life under many circumstances has made end-of-life issues more complex. Also consider what lies ahead in terms of assisting people to overcome what were once life-ending circumstances (technology such as cloning, stem cell implants, etc.).

Answer 1

SOLUTION:

Determining death and decisions regarding death some says whose are brain dead that declared dead through the neurological criteria .

Decisions regarding death that for those whose death will follow only the voluntary removal of life-sustaining treatment.

Determining death and decisions regarding death occur some Physiological Background in the human being. If these three are completely stop working then declaring a person dead.

1 .Heart

2. Lung

3. Brain

If whole brain death occur in a person does not mark the death of person as a whole, and that even for brain dead patients should wait the heart and lung function before the declaring a person dead

In a person loss of the higher-brain functions marks the death of the person and it shows the end of all human qualities of the consciousness and the self-awareness.