Beyond brain death : the case against brain based criteria for human death / by Michael Potts, Paul A. Byrne, and Richard G. Nilges
- 作者： Potts, Michael
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- 出版： Dordrecht ;Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers c2000
- 主題： Brain death , Ethics--Medical.
- ISBN： 079236578X (hbk) :: US$119.00
- 書目註：Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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- 系統號： 005091416 | 機讀編目格式
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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.