Diagnosing death [electronic resource] : issues, ethics and questions in death determinations / Luka Prokovyev, editor.
Series: Ethical issues in the 21st century seriesPublication details: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010.Description: 115 p. : illISBN:- 9781608760923 (hc)
- 1608760928
- 9781616687991 (e-book)
- 616.07/8 22
- QP87 .D53 2010eb
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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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.