Time for Federal Standards on Death Determination: The National Determination of Death Act

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An Overview of Ethical Issues Raised by Medicolegal Challenges to Death by Neurologic Criteria in the United Kingdom and a Comparison to Management of These Challenges in the USA

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Response to Open Peer Commentaries Re: Medicolegal Challenges to Death by Neurologic Criteria in the United Kingdom and USA

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Professor Pope was an Observer for the Uniform Law Commission study committee and drafting committee on the Uniform Determination of Death Act. He was a member and co-author for the Guideline Development Group on the 2023 Canadian Brain-Based Definition of Death. And he was a co-author on the World Brain Death Project. Professor Pope has received honoraria for presentations on brain death at various hospitals and universities. He receives royalties from Wolters Kluwer for his book The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decision Making.

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