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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Potts, Michael (Συγγραφέας), Byrne, Paul A. (Συγγραφέας), Nilges, Richard G. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
• Σειρά: Philosophy and Medicine ; 66
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Neurology.; Surgical transplantation.; Medical laws and legislation.; Transplant Surgery.; Medical Law.

 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. 

 Introduction: Beyond Brain Death -- Brain Death—the Patient, the Physician, and Society -- Metaphysical Misgivings about “Brain Death” -- Pro-Life Support of the Whole Brain Death Criterion: A Problem of Consistency -- The Demise of “Brain Death” in Britain -- Brain Stem Death: A United Kingdom Anaesthetist’s View -- Brain Death and Cardiac Transplantation: Historical Background and Unsettled Controversies in Japan -- Philosophical and Cultural Attitudes Against Brain Death and Organ Transplantation in Japan -- Brain Death and Euthanasia -- The Moment of Death and the Morally Safer Path -- A Narrative Case Against Brain Death -- Organ Transplantation, Brain Death and the Slippery Slope: A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective.