Clinical Death, Whole Brain Death, and Persistent Vegetative State

This video created by Skye Nimmo will help you: (1) Have a better understanding of advance directives and consider how you may feel about medical options given different diagnoses, (2) Be able to describe clinical death, whole brain death, and persistent vegetative state, and (3) Determine the differences in these physiological states and how they are diagnosed. References: AARP. (n.d.). Free Advance Directive Forms by State from AARP. Retrieved from Calabrò, R. S., Naro, A., De Luca, R., Russo, M., Caccamo, L., Manuli, A., … Bramanti, P. (2016, December 1). The Right to Die in Chronic Disorders of Consciousness: Can We Avoid the Slippery Slope Argument? Retrieved from Cavanaugh, J. C., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2015). Adult development and aging (8th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning. Goila, A. K., & Pawar, M. (2009). The diagnosis of brain