Beyond Brain Death : The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human Death
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Beyond Brain Death offers a provocative challenge to one of the most widely accepted conclusions of contemporary bioethics: the position that brain death marks the death of the human person. Eleven chapters by physicians, philosophers, and theologians present the case against brain-based criteria for human death. Each author believes that this position calls into question the moral acceptability of the transplantation of unpaired vital organs from brain-dead patients who have continuing function of the circulatory system. One strength of the book is its international approach to the question: contributors are from the United States, the United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, and Japan. This book will appeal to a wide audience, including physicians and other health care professionals, philosophers, theologians, medical sociologists, and social workers.
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- ISBN-13: 9780792365785
- ISBN-10: 079236578X
- Publisher: Springer
- Publish Date: September 2000
- Dimensions: 9.48 x 6.46 x 0.84 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.19 pounds
- Page Count: 274
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