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Item Conceptual controversies in death determination(2017-04-11) Bernat, James L.There is an intractable disagreement over whether the organ donor after the circulatory determination of death (DCDD) is dead at the time death is ordinarily declared. A rigorous analysis of death determination illuminates the cause of the controversy. Death determination can be conceptualized in two distinct ways: the biological approach in which cessation of vital functions must be irreversible and the medical approach in which cessation of vital functions must be permanent. The two noncongruent standards lead to determining death at different times and explain the current controversy over death determination in the DCDD donor. By the biological standard, the organ donor is not dead but by the medical standard, the organ donor is dead.Item Donald W. Seldin, M.D., Research Symposium finalist presentations(2023-05-05) Eleazu, Ijeoma; Ramos, Lisandro Maya; Salcedo Betancourt, Juan; Singh, Sumitabh; Smith, AaronThis edition of the UT Southwestern Internal Medicine Grand Rounds features presentations by the six Foster Fellows selected as finalists from the Eighth Annual Donald W. Seldin, M.D. Research Symposium, which was held on April 28, 2023. These Foster Fellows presented work that spanned the breadth and depth of scholarly activity across the department, and at the close of Grand Rounds, one will be selected as the 2023 Seldin Scholar, in honor of Dr. Donald W. Seldin. The Grand Rounds presentation includes additional award presentations recognizing Clinical Vignettes, as well as the Award for Research in Quality of Care and Education at Parkland Hospital, the Social Impact Award, and the Award for Basic Science (non-GME).Item What makes killing wrong?: and why it matters(2012-10-09) Sinnott-Armstrong, WalterWhat makes an act of killing morally wrong is not that the act causes loss of life or consciousness but rather that the act causes loss of all remaining abilities. This account implies that it is not even pro tanto morally wrong to kill patients who are universally and irreversibly disabled, because they have no abilities to lose. Applied to vital organ transplantation, this account undermines the dead donor rule and shows how current practices are compatible with morality.