When are you dead? Brain death and organ donation

Event date: Tuesday 14 June 2011 - 06:00pm to 07:30pm
Location: The Science Exchange.
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When are you dead? You might think that everyone knows the answer to this question but it’s not quite as simple as it seems. Brain death is a concept that most people find difficult to grasp and yet it is central to the donation of organs. What is brain death? How do families cope with it in the context of organ donation?

What are the legal and ethical issues? What about recipients? Our panel of experts — Philippa Jones, Samantha McDonnell, Stewart Moodie, Stephen Orr, Bernadette Richards and Sally Tideman — explored these curly issues and more in a fascinating discussion about brain death and organ donation.

In association with DonateLife SA.

View videos from the talk

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