Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Beyond Brain Death: The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human Death

Beyond Brain Death: The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human Death

Byrne, P. a.
Nilges, R. G.
Potts, M.

Hardcover

Series: Philosophy and Medicine, Book 66

PhilosophyMedical Reference

ISBN10: 079236578X
ISBN13: 9780792365785
Publisher: Springer
Published: Sep 30 2000
Pages: 274
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.46 Depth: 9.48
Language: English
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.

Also in

Philosophy

View All