Diagnosing death [electronic resource] : issues, ethics and questions in death determinations / Luka Prokovyev, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ethical issues in the 21st century seriesPublication details: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010.Description: 115 p. : illSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.07/8 22
LOC classification:
  • QP87 .D53 2010
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Contents:
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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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.