Brain Death A Reappraisal /
This text is intended to provide an overview of brain death. The topics explored in this book are the concept and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2007. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Concept of Brain Death Did Not Evolve to Benefit Organ Transplants
- The First Organ Transplant from a Brain-Dead Donor
- Conceptual Approach to Human Death on Neurological Grounds
- Clinical Diagnosis of Brain Death
- Ancillary Tests in Brain Death Confirmation
- Brain Death in Children
- Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States and Other Disturbances of Consciousness
- Brain Death and Organ Transplantation: Ethical Issues
- Legal Considerations on the Determination and Certification of Human Death.