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Brain death

Seifert: "Brain death does not exist: I explain you why"
INTERVIEW

Seifert: "Brain death does not exist: I explain you why"

The well know Catholic philosopher Josef Seifert explains to NuovaBQ.it «the utilitarianism that has produced the new definition of "brain death" to allow organ harvesting», the speech of John Paul II and the exchange of ideas with Benedict XVI. Clarifying: «The person (soul) has a substantial being that can not be reduced to the use of consciousness. Above all, the thesis that the brain is the center of all integral life-activities has been scientifically confuted».


«I visited Alfie: the problem is "brain death"»
INTERVIEW

«I visited Alfie: the problem is "brain death"»

What is the origin of the medical approach, flaunted on the world stage, which decided the life of little Alfie Evans? The answer for Dr. Paul Byrne, internationally renowned neonatologist, who visited the baby in December 2017, has been clear for years: «Everything stems from the definition of death, no longer clinical but cerebral. A heretical vision whereby life is measured on the amount of brain functions. So it is full of living people who are not treated».