Diagnosing death issues, ethics and questions in death determinations /

Diagnosing death issues, ethics and questions in death determinations / [electronic resource] : Luka Prokovyev, editor. - New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010. - 115 p. : ill. - Ethical issues in the 21st century series. . - Ethical issues in the 21st century series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Terminology -- The clinical presentation and pathophysiology of total brain failure -- The philosophical debate -- Implications for policy and practice -- Non-heart-beating organ donation -- A summary of the Council's debate on the neurological standard for determining death.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.






President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)


Brain death--Diagnosis--United States.
Diagnostic erros--Prevention.--United States
Medical ethics--United States.
Medical policy--United States.

QP87 / .D53 2010

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