Beyond Brain Death

The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human Death

274 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Philosophy and Medicine
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Themen der Philosophie Ethik und Moralphilosophie
• ISBN: 9781402003660
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.11.2001
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Netherland
• Herausgegeben von: M. Potts, P.A. Byrne, R.G. Nilges