Defining Death: A New Legal Perspective - Couverture souple

Fry-Revere, Sigrid; Reher, Thomas; Ray, Matthew

 
9783639713381: Defining Death: A New Legal Perspective
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639713389 ISBN 13 : 9783639713381
Editeur : Scholars' Press, 2014

Synopsis

There is no unifying scientific means to define the moment of death, only a legal one. We all know when someone is dead, but what we experience as death is long after that person was "legally" dead. Is it when the heart stops? When the lungs cease, even if the heart continues to beat? Is it when higher brain functions are gone? When basic brain functions are gone? Or, all of the above? Defining death, the ramifications of who decides, and under what circumstances someone is pronounced dead have huge ramifications in fields such as emergency and transplant medicine. This book explores these questions and suggests some possible answers for dealing with a value-laden and difficult, but important, subject. This book was originally published as an article in the Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy under the title "Death: A New Legal Perspective."

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Présentation de l'éditeur

There is no unifying scientific means to define the moment of death, only a legal one. We all know when someone is dead, but what we experience as death is long after that person was "legally" dead. Is it when the heart stops? When the lungs cease, even if the heart continues to beat? Is it when higher brain functions are gone? When basic brain functions are gone? Or, all of the above? Defining death, the ramifications of who decides, and under what circumstances someone is pronounced dead have huge ramifications in fields such as emergency and transplant medicine. This book explores these questions and suggests some possible answers for dealing with a value-laden and difficult, but important, subject. This book was originally published as an article in the Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy under the title "Death: A New Legal Perspective."

Biographie de l'auteur

Sigrid Fry-Revere is the president of two nonprofits: The Center for Ethical Solutions (CES) and Stop Organ Trafficking Now! She authored The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran (2014) and The Accountability of Bioethics Committees and Consultants (1995). Thomas Reher and Matthew Ray are scholars at CES and in medical school.

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Éditeur
Scholars' Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639713389
ISBN 13 
9783639713381
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
84
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Personne responsable
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