Dr Richard Huxtable, from the School of Social and Community Medicine, has debated whether we need to rethink life's cut-off point in the latest issue of New Scientist.

The article comes amidst controversy over two brain-dead patients who are being kept on life support. Dr Huxtable, a Reader in Medical Ethics and Law, acknowledges that science and the law play a part but these are ultimately ethical dilemmas, which invite radically opposing responses.

Read the full article on the New Scientist website.

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