Mr V* is a 23-year-old orthodox Jewish man. Mr V was admitted to the intensive care unit following a bicycle accident. Three days after the accident, the consulting neurologist declared Mr V to be brain dead based on current medical standards, thus meeting the state's legal definition of death. When.the consulting neurologist shared the brain death diagnosis with Mr V's family and their rabbi, the rabbi responded, "Our sect of Judaism does not believe in the diagnosis of brain death. We believe that there is only one way to determine death: when your heart and breathing stop." The family also responded, "We believe that our son is alive. We want to take him home."
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