Beyond Brain Death - The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human Death (Paperback, 2000 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Philosophy and Medicine, 66
Release date:	2002
First published:	2000
Editors:	M. Potts • P.A. Byrne • R.G. Nilges
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	274
Edition:	2000 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-0366-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics
LSN:	1-4020-0366-8
Barcode:	9781402003660

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