Prioritization of Ethical Themes When Surrogates Object to Technology Removal After Brain Death Determination.

ABSTRACT: As hospitals revise their policies for brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC), they should provide transparent and clear plans for how to handle surrogate requests to continue technology after declaration of death. National guidelines provide little guidance in this matter, and individual institutions should make decisions grounded in an understanding of their local constraints and the ethical values at stake. Ethical arguments exist in favor of and opposed to allowing continuation of technologic support for families who object to BD/DNC. Prioritization of these ethical values influences how institutions handle objections to removal of technologic support after BD/DNC determination. A narrative review of the literature identified six ethical values relevant to institutional resp

SUBMITTER: Montag E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12647313 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature