[Avodah] Brain Death

[Micha Berger]

Hirhurim has a guest entry by our chaver R' Noam Stadlan, who has 22
years experience as a resident and neurosurgeon, on the topic of brain
death and the RCA's "Halachic Issues in the Determination of Death and
in Organ Transplantation, Including an Evaluation of the Neurological
"Brain Death' Standard".

The RCA paper:
http://www.rabbis.org/pdfs/Halachi_%20Issues_the_Determination.pdf
(mentioned by RSMahsbaum less than a month ago
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol27/v27n196.shtml#10>

RNStadlan's essay, Death by Neurological Criteria: A Critique of the
RCA Paper and the Circulation Criteria"
http://torahmusings.com/2010/12/death-by-neurological-criteria.html

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha