Death and donation:rethinking brain death as a means for procuring transplantable organs
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Pickwick Publications,
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Publisher Address: | Eugene, Or. |
Publication Dates: | c2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 196 p.: ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781608996223 1608996220 |
Index Number: | R |
CLC: | R-052 |
Call Number: | R-052/H496 |
Contents: |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-191) and index. The origin of the brain death standard -- Medical misgivings with brain death -- Social policy problems with brain death -- Philosophical problems with brain death -- Advancing alternatives to brain death -- An ethical analysis of brain death -- Proposing a new method for death and donation. |