The Grey Zones of Birth and Death

(As published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice January 2011)

Abstract: "How can we deal with the increase in ‘grey zones’ that arise from our deepening scientific understanding? Science will not solve the puzzles associated with such grey zones, nor will it reduce their scope. Increased scientific research will increasingly extend the area of uncertainty associated with birth and death. As more infants survive earlier and earlier births and as more aspects of brain death are reversed, the grey zone will increase."