Is the patient dead?

Is the patient dead?
AMA Journal of Ethics; email 2/14/24
Debate over the criteria by which doctors declare brain death has some bioethicists concerned, 2/14/24. The AMA Journal of Ethics offers the following educational resources [from earlier articles in this journal]:

• How Should Clinicians Respond When Patients' Loved Ones Do Not See "Brain Death" as Death?
• What Does the Public Need to Know About Brain Death?
• Inconsistency In Brain Death Determination Should Not Be Tolerated
• How to Communicate About Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate