Court Opinion

ID: 9748501
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 16:03:48.639106+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:36.314112
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Justice GRAVES,
concurring.
I concur and write separately because KRS 446.400 is outdated and does not give sufficient guidance to accurately determine when death meaningfully occurs. “The concept of brain death has long been recognized, however, to be plagued with serious inconsistencies and contradictions. Indeed, the concept fails to correspond to any coherent biological or philosophical understanding of death.” Robert D. Truog, M.D., F.C.C.M. and Walter M. Robinson, M.D., M.P.H., “Role of Brain Death and the Dead-Donor Rule in the Ethics of Organ Transplantation,” Critical Care Medicine, 2003 Vol. 31, No. 9, p. 2391.