Autoresuscitation and clinical authority in death determination using circulatory criteria. (May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van Beinum, Amanda; Hornby, Laura; Scales, Nathan; Shemie, Sam D.; Dhanani, Sonny
• Is Part Of: Social science & medicine. Volume 301(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-05
• Subjects: Death -- Determination of death -- Autoresuscitation -- Intensive care unit -- Healthcare professionals; Social medicine -- Periodicals; Medical anthropology -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine sociale -- Périodiques; Anthropologie médicale -- Périodiques; Santé publique -- Périodiques; Psychologie -- Périodiques; Médecine -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 362.105
• DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114904
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0277-9536

Abstract

Highlights: - The clinical process of determining death using circulatory criteria is unsettled. - Cardiac activity after determination of death is perceived as "autoresuscitation". - Intensive care life support technologies help establish dying as normal or abnormal. - Dying trajectories are interpreted to maintain confidence in the definition of death.