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Death: Beyond Whole-Brain Criteria (Hardcover, 1988 ed.)
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Death: Beyond Whole-Brain Criteria (Hardcover, 1988 ed.)
Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 31
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From the tone of the report by the President's Commission for the
Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral
Re search, one might conclude that the whole-brain-oriented
definition of death is now firmly established as an enduring
element of public policy. In that report, Defining Death: Medical,
Legal and Ethical Issues in the Determination of Death, the
President's Commission forwarded a uni form determination of death
act, which laid heavy accent on the signifi cance of the brain stem
in determining whether an individual is alive or dead: An
individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of
circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible
cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain
stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance
with accepted medical standards ( 1], p. 2). The plausibility of
these criteria is undermined as soon as one confronts the question
of the level of treatment that ought to be provided to human bodies
that have permanently lost consciousness but whose brain stems are
still functioning."
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