If a person is brain dead can he be kept alive by artificial means? If not, Why not?

Answer 1

Brain death is death. That person cannot be kept alive, because they are not alive.

Brain death is defined as a complete and irreversible cessation of brain activity. Absence of apparent brain function is not enough. Evidence of irreversibility is also required.

Brain-death is often confused with the state of vegetation (coma).

Once a person is declared brain dead (must be asessed by two independent doctors), the insurance companies will not pay for ventilator support.

Traditionally, death has been defined as the cessation of all body functions, including respiration and heartbeat. Since it became possible to revive some people after a period without respiration, heartbeat, or other visible signs of life, as well as to maintain respiration and blood flow artificially using life support treatments, an alternative definition for death was needed.

In recent decades, the concept of "brain death" has emerged. By brain-death criteria, a person can be pronounced legally dead even if the heart continues to beat due to life support measures.

The first nation in the world to adopt the brain death as the definition of legal death was Finland in 1971. In the United States, Kansas had made a similar law at an even earlier date. (Randell T. (2004) Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 48(2): 139–44.)

Answer 2

I think the soul can stay with a body if it is being kept alive artificially - the majority of the body has to die - not just the brain. So it can be trapped.

Answer 3

Yes. Teri Schiavo.

At that point, the body is just a meat puppet with liquid moving through it.

Answer 4

yes he can still be kep t alive thats how they harvest the body for organs.

Answer 5

I agree with your best answer