In the old days, a person was considered dead when the heart stopped. Then, in 1968, a group of Harvard professors decided that people could also be considered dead when the brain stopped. Now, three ...

After surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a brain injury expert is calling for much-needed reforms to ...

Re “We Need a New Definition of Death,” by Sandeep Jauhar, Snehal Patel and Deane Smith (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 1): As a physician and a neuroethicist who has argued for the rights of people with a ...