Defining death : the case for choice /

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For most of human history there was little question about whether someone was dead or alive--a heartbeat or a pulse, or a foggy mirror under the nostrils, provided sufficient evidence. But in the mid-20th century, with new technologies and medical interventions that prolonged the dying process, the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Veatch, Robert M. (Autor), Ross, Lainie Friedman (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Death.
Brain death.
Death
Brain Death
Mort.
Mort cérébrale.
deaths.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Brain death
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Defining death : an introduction
  • The emergence of the controversy
  • Groups of definitions
  • The emergence of a uniform brain-oriented definition
  • Irreversible vs. permanent loss of function
  • Defining death and transplanting organs
  • The structure of the book
  • The dead donor rule and the concept of death
  • The dead donor rule
  • Candidates for a concept of "death"
  • The public policy question
  • The whole-brain concept of death
  • The case for the whole-brain concept
  • Criteria for the destruction of all brain functions
  • Problems with the whole-brain definition : case reports
  • Problems with the whole-brain definition : the alternatives
  • The circulatory, or somatic, concept of death
  • Measurements of death
  • Circulatory death and organ procurement
  • The DCD protocols
  • Shewmon's somatic concept
  • The two definitions of the US President's Council on Bioethics
  • The higher-brain concept of death
  • Which brain functions are critical?
  • Altered states of consciousness : a continuum
  • Measuring loss of higher-brain function
  • Ancillary tests
  • The legal status of death
  • The conscience clause : how much individual choice can our society tolerate in defining death?
  • The present state of the law
  • Concepts, criteria, and the role of value pluralism
  • Explicit patient choice, substituted judgment, and best interest
  • Limits on the range of discretion
  • The problem of order : objections to a conscience clause
  • Implementation of a conscience clause
  • Conclusion
  • Crafting a new definition of death law
  • Incorporating the higher-brain notion
  • The conscience clause
  • Clarification of the concept of "irreversibility"
  • A proposed new definition of death for public policy purposes.

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