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

Contributor(s): Prokovyev, Luka | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Ethical issues in the 21st century seriesPublication details: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010Description: 115 p. : illISBN: 9781616687991 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.) | Brain death -- Diagnosis -- United States | Diagnostic erros -- United States -- Prevention | Medical ethics -- United States | Medical policy -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.07/8 LOC classification: QP87 | .D53 2010Online resources: Click to View
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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