Medicine & TechnologyDeath's legal and scientific definition is still a cause of debate since there are cases even now that are wrongfully declared dead. So, when should be a person considered clinically dead? Find out in this article.
After nearly a month of debates and testimonies arguing the legal rights of an unborn fetus, a three-judge panel of the Irish High Court ruled on Friday Dec. 26 that in the case of a pregnant mother being declared clinically dead, that doctors may choose to turn off life support, and in-effect terminate the pregnancy, if the fetus has little chance of survival.