Full Description
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.
Contents
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.
