Carried out by two medical practitioners holding full GMC registration for more than five years: One of whom should be a consultant Experienced in interpreting the results Independent of the transplant team (represents a conflict of interest) The doctors may carry out...
The Academy of the Medical Royal Colleges UK (AoMRC) code for the diagnosis of death by neurological criteria outlines three essential components: 1. Evidence of irreversible brain damage of known aetiology2. Exclusion of reversible causes of coma and apnoea3. Formal...
No universally accepted definition of what constitutes death within either medicine or law A definition of brainstem death is taken from the unitary state of death as proposed by the Academy of Medical Royal College’s (AoMRC) 2008 Report ‘Code of Practice...
