Death Beyond Whole Brain Criteria

Author : Richard M. Zaner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789400927070

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Death: Beyond Whole-Brain Criteria by Richard M. Zaner Pdf

From the tone of the report by the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Re search, one might conclude that the whole-brain-oriented definition of death is now firmly established as an enduring element of public policy. In that report, Defining Death: Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues in the Determination of Death, the President's Commission forwarded a uni form determination of death act, which laid heavy accent on the signifi cance of the brain stem in determining whether an individual is alive or dead: An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards ([1], p. 2). The plausibility of these criteria is undermined as soon as one confronts the question of the level of treatment that ought to be provided to human bodies that have permanently lost consciousness but whose brain stems are still functioning.

Author : Richard M Zaner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1988-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9400927088

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Death by Richard M Zaner Pdf

Author : M. Potts,P.A. Byrne,R.G. Nilges
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780306468827

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Beyond Brain Death by M. Potts,P.A. Byrne,R.G. Nilges Pdf

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.

Author : Calixto Machado,D. Alan Shewmon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 030648482X

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Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness by Calixto Machado,D. Alan Shewmon Pdf

Although some decades have passed, there are still worldwide controversies about a concept of human death on neurological grounds. There are also disagreements on the diagnostic criteria for brain death, whether clinical alone or clinical plus ancillary tests. Moreover, some scholars who were strong defenders of a brain-based standard of death are now favoring a circulatory-respiratory standard. The study of coma is extremely important because lesions of the brain are responsible for quality of life in patients or cause of death. The main goal of Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness is to provide a suitable scientific platform to discuss all topics related to human death and coma.

Author : Gary Belkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199367474

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Death before Dying by Gary Belkin Pdf

Brain death-the condition of a non-functioning brain, has been widely adopted around the world as a definition of death since it was detailed in a Report by an Ad Hoc Committee of Harvard Medical School faculty in 1968. It also remains a focus of controversy and debate, an early source of criticism and scrutiny of the bioethics movement. Death before Dying: History, Medicine, and Brain Death looks at the work of the Committee in a way that has not been attempted before in terms of tracing back the context of its own sources-the reasoning of it Chair, Henry K Beecher, and the care of patients in coma and knowledge about coma and consciousness at the time. That history requires re-thinking the debate over brain death that followed which has tended to cast the Committee's work in ways this book questions. This book, then, also questions common assumptions about the place of bioethics in medicine. This book discusses if the advent of bioethics has distorted and limited the possibilities for harnessing medicine for social progress. It challenges historical scholarship of medicine to be more curious about how medical knowledge can work as a potentially innovative source of values.

Author : Ariane Lewis,James L. Bernat
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783031159473

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Death Determination by Neurologic Criteria by Ariane Lewis,James L. Bernat Pdf

This book presents principal controversies over the determination of death by neurologic criteria (“brain death”). The editors and authors are exceedingly well-versed in this subject and are on the forefront of the current debates. The content is divided in the following disciplinary: philosophical (conceptual), medical, scientific, legal, religious, and ethical/social. Many of the topics feature pro-con debates, allowing readers to consider the merits of the arguments and decide their own position. The work is targeted to clinicians and nurses who treat critically ill and dying patients, organ donation personnel, ethicists and philosophers who write on end-of-life issues, and lawyers and legislative/public policy professionals who draft laws on death determination. It identifies and debates the essential controversies currently raging in academic and public policy circles over the medical adequacy, scientific validity, and conceptual coherence of death determination by neurologic criteria. Whether a professional or a student, the reader will be given a comprehensive course in the most pressing controversies and areas of consensus in the determination of death by neurologic criteria.

Author : Robert M. Veatch,Lainie Friedman Ross
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 9781626163553

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Defining Death by Robert M. Veatch,Lainie Friedman Ross Pdf

New technologies and medical treatments continue to complicate questions surrounding the moment of death. Distinguished bioethicists Robert M. Veatch and Lainie F. Ross argue that the definition of death is a social question rooted in a person's religious, philosophical, or social beliefs. While ceding that society needs a default definition to proceed in certain cases, the authors state that any decision-making process must allow individuals to make their own choices according to their personal beliefs.

Author : C. Machado
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387389776

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Brain Death by C. Machado Pdf

This text provides an overview of the processes of brain death, exploring the concepts and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with some consciousness disturbances, and the legal considerations of human death. Unlike other, narrow-focus reference this book encompasses a wide spectrum of issues including medical, legal, bioethical and historical aspects.

Author : Stuart J. Youngner,Robert M. Arnold,Renie Schapiro
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0801872294

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The Definition of Death by Stuart J. Youngner,Robert M. Arnold,Renie Schapiro Pdf

In the 1980s, following the recommendation of a presidential commission, all fifty states replaced previous cardiopulmonary definitions of death with one that also included total and irreversible cessation of brain function. The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies is the first comprehensive review of the clinical, philosophical, and public policy implications of our effort to redefine the change in status from living person to corpse. Edited by Stuart J. Youngner, Robert M. Arnold, and Renie Schapiro, the book is the result of a collaboration among internationally recognized scholars from the fields of medicine, philosophy, social science, law, and religious studies. Throughout, the contributors struggle to reconcile inconsistencies and gaps in our traditional understanding of death and to respond to the public's concern that, in the determination of death under current policies, patients' interests may be compromised by the demand for organ retrieval. Their questions about the philosophical and scientific bases for determining death lead, inevitably, to more profound questions of social policy. Acknowledging that the definition of death is as much a social construct as a scientific one, the authors, in their analysis of these issues, provide a comprehensive and provocative source of information for students and scholars alike.

Author : Malcolm A. Jeeves
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0802809855

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From Cells to Souls, and Beyond by Malcolm A. Jeeves Pdf

For more than a decade developments in science have prompted wide-ranging discussions about human nature. Gone are the days when this subject was the preserve of theologians and philosophers; today the fields of genetics and neuroscience are shifting attention to the "biological basis of human nature. This engaging book takes readers straight to the intersection of religion and science, exploring what new scientific knowledge does and does not say about religious views on personhood. Written by an international, interdisciplinary team of scholars sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, "From Cells to Souls -- and Beyond examines such questions as personal identity, the meaning of "human," the mind-body relationship, and subjective spiritual experience. Each topic is discussed against the backdrop of biblical theology with the relevant science made clear. The result is a fresh interpretation of the Christian doctrine of humankind true to both science and Scripture. Contributors: Diogenes Allen Warren S. Brown Gaius Davies Lindon Eaves Joel B. Green Malcolm Jeeves D. Gareth Jones David Parkes C. Michael Steel Alan J. Torrance Glenn Weaver Michael Welker Philip H. Wiebe

Author : M. Potts,P. A. Byrne,R. G. Nilges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401738521

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Beyond Brain Death by M. Potts,P. A. Byrne,R. G. Nilges Pdf

Author : Basil F. Matta,David K. Menon,Martin Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139499859

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Core Topics in Neuroanaesthesia and Neurointensive Care by Basil F. Matta,David K. Menon,Martin Smith Pdf

Core Topics in Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care is an authoritative and practical clinical text that offers clear diagnostic and management guidance for a wide range of neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care problems. With coverage of every aspect of the discipline by outstanding world experts, this should be the first book to which practitioners turn for easily accessible and definitive advice. Initial sections cover relevant anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, intraoperative and critical care monitoring and neuroimaging. These are followed by detailed sections covering all aspects of neuroanesthesia and neurointensive care in both adult and pediatric patients. The final chapter discusses ethical and legal issues. Each chapter delivers a state-of-the art review of clinical practice, including outcome data when available. Enhanced throughout with numerous clinical photographs and line drawings, this practical and accessible text is key reading for trainee and consultant anesthetists and critical care specialists.

Author : Charles C. Hinkley
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789042017375

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Moral Conflicts of Organ Retrieval by Charles C. Hinkley Pdf

This book addresses ethical conflicts arising from saving the lives of patients who need a transplant while treating living and dead donors, organ sellers, animals, and embryos with proper moral regard. Our challenge is to develop a better world in the light of debatable values and uncertain consequences.

Author : Austriaco Op Nicanor Pier Giorgio,Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780813233901

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Biomedicen and Beatitude by Austriaco Op Nicanor Pier Giorgio,Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco Pdf

This timely and up to date new edition of Biomedicine and Beatitude features an entirely new chapter on the ethics of bodily modification. It is also updated throughout to reflect the pontificate of Pope Francis, recent concerns including ethical issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, and feedback from the many instructors who used the first edition in the classroom.

Author : United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Brain death
ISBN : UCR:31210011633235

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Defining Death by United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research Pdf

President's Commission for the study of ethical problems in medicine and biomedical and behavioral research.