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Jerusalem (JTA) — The
Supreme Court ruled last
week that medical standards
alone determine the precise
time of death, which is the
time when the brain ceases to
function. Sources at the Chief
Rabbinical Council said the
ruling did not conflict with
halacha, at least not in the
specific case to which it was
applied.
The ruling was on the ap-
peal of a man convicted of
murdering his wife by setting
her afire and pushing her
from an upper floor of a
building. The woman was
rushed to a hospital where
doctors determined that her
brain' was not functioning
though other organs were.
She was kept alive for several
days by artificial means but
died when the mechanisms
were removed.
Hr husband argued that
death was caused by detach-
ing medical equipment, not
by the fall. But the high court
rejected his appeal on
grounds that the woman was
brain dead upon arrival at the
hospital.
Although the Rabbinical
Council agreed in this case
that death was determined in
accordance with halachic
principles, the ruling could
raise problems in h future
with the religious establish-
ment. The rabbinate has
strongly opposed heart and
other organ transplants on
grounds that a donor could
not be declared dead as long
as the heart continued to
beat. Doctors point out that
hearts can be kept beating by
artificial means long after
brain death.
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