Defining Death The Case for Choice

Name: Defining Death The Case for Choice
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ISBN: 9781626163553

ISBN-10: 1626163553

ISBN-13: 9781626163553

Edition: 2016

Authors: Robert M. Veatch, Lainie F. Ross

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For most of human history there was little question about whether someone was dead or alive--a heartbeat or a pulse, or a foggy mirror under the nostrils, provided sufficient evidence. But in the mid-20th century, with new technologies and medical interventions that prolonged the dying process, the questions around the precise moment of death became much more complicated. Today the global medical community recognizes three general definitions of death: whole-brain, circulatory or somatic, and higher-brain. But even in the United States alone no single concept of death has the support of the majority of its citizens. Despite attempts to create and establish a uniform definition of death,…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 11/3/2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English