BRAIN DEATH AND PREGNANCY

AUTONOMY
PATIENT CHOICE

LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS

PATIENT WILL RECOVER

IT IS WOMANS RIGHT
TO MAKE CHOICES FOR
HER BODY

ABORTION LAWS

FETUS RIGHTS

BENEFICENCE

MOTHER AS INCUBATOR

BABY SURVIVES

SALVAGE ORGANS

OTHERS SURVIVE

NONMALEFICENCE

SAVE BABY

MOTHER DIES

SAVE MOTHER

BABY DIES

FIDELITY

SPOUSE

KIN

AGREE/ DISAGREE

VERACITY

HEALTH CARE PERSUASION

DO IT

DONT DO IT

SPOUSE/FAMILY
HIDDEN AGENDA

LIFE INSURANCE

WILL

ASSETS

How bad is it Doc?

CULTURE

JUSTICE

STATE LAWS
VARY BY STATE

SIMILAR CASES

FAMILY RIGHTS VS STATES

COST
WHO PAYS ?

INSURANCE

FAMILY

STATE

CLINICALLY BRAIN DEAD
WITH NO CHANCE OF
RECOVER

NEXT OF KIN

STATE

DEATH WITH DIGNITY

SPOUSE

POA

LIVING WILL

ADVANDCED DIRECTIVE

RELIGOUS BELEIFS