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Consent Not Needed for Brain Death Testing, Says Ethicist
An ethicist argues that clinicians do not need consent before carrying out apnea testing to determine brain death, according to a Medscape report. The claim touches a long-running controversy in medicine and bioethics, since apnea testing is an invasive procedure performed on patients who may still legally be alive, and families in several high-profile cases have objected to it.
Why now: The claim challenges common assumptions about patient and family rights at the end of life, sparking debate in medical ethics circles.
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