Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-191) and index.
Contents:
The origin of the brain death standard -- Medical misgivings with brain death -- Social policy problems with brain death -- Philosophical problems with brain death -- Advancing alternatives to brain death -- An ethical analysis of brain death -- Proposing a new method for death and donation.
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