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Brain Death and Brainstem Death: Philosophical and Ethical Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

David Lamb
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This paper examines the development of the concept of brain death and of the criteria necessary for its recognition. Competing formulations of brain death are assessed and the case for a ‘brainstem’ concept of death is argued. Attention is finally drawn to some of the ethical issues raised by the use of neurological criteria in the diagnosis of human death.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 22: Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Problems , September 1987 , pp. 231 - 249
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 1987

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