Philosophy and Medicine: The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human Death

Potts, M.; Byrne, P.A.; Nilges, R.G.

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2000-09-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780792365785

DOI: 10.1007/0-306-46882-4

Dimensions: 234cm x156cm

Pages: 274