Organ Donations and the Brain Death Debate

A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services investigation revealed that many patients are wrongly determined to be “brain dead” and are unquestionably alive, by any standard. Dr Joseph Eble joins us to talk about it.Further ReadingOpinion: Why it is significant HHS decertified an organ procurement organizationGuest InfoJoseph M. Eble, MD, is Vice President of Fidelis Radiology and former President of the Tulsa Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. He is passionate about end of life care, adoption, and building bridges between persons of different ethnicity. He has authored and co-authored many articles on “brain death,” most recently “Catholics United on Brain Death and Organ Donation: A Call to Action”. He is currently working on a book on “brain death” with co-author D. Alan Shewmon, MD, with particular focus on its reception among Catholics and compatibility with the Catholic faith. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit avemariapm.substack.com