Studying for the diagnosis of brain death Ministry of Health

background

On the 17th of Adar II 2008 March 24, 2008, the Knesset passed the “Brain-Respiratory Death Law 2008”. The law entered into force at the beginning of June 2009.

The law in question, regulates for the first time (in primary legislation), the main principles and procedures required for determining brain-respiratory death in Israel.

Here is a self-study presentation showing the main principles of the law and the process of determining brain-respiratory death derived from it.

Who is the study intended for?

• To the members of the committee for determining cerebro-respiratory death.
• For medical teams who encounter situations of suspected brain-respiratory death.

The responsible unit

Committee for the determination of respiratory brain death.