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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: 9781402003660
  • ISBN-10: 1402003668
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publish Date: November 2001
  • Dimensions: 9.22 x 6.38 x 0.65 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.92 pounds
  • Page Count: 274

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