Death, brain death and ethics
著者
書誌事項
Death, brain death and ethics
(Avebury series in philosophy)
Avebury, 1996
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
"First published in North America by State University of New York Press in 1985"--T.p. verso
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Examining the concept of death against the background of dramatic changes in medical technology, this book shows that developments in resuscitation techniques, and the ability of machines to take over such vital functions as spontaneous breathing, challenge traditional ways of diagnosing death.
目次
- Death - concept and criteria
- three formulations of brain death
- the brain, the brainstem and the critical system
- higher brain, whole brain and lower brain formulations
- criteria for death
- death - process or event?
- brain death and personal identity
- ethics and brain death
- brain death and the slippery slope.
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