| Death and organ donation: back to the future. | |
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PMID: 19793942 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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The practice of transplantation of vital organs from "brain-dead" donors is in a state of theoretical disarray. Although the law and prevailing medical ethics treat patients diagnosed as having irreversible total brain failure as dead, scholars have increasingly challenged the established rationale for regarding these patients as dead. To understand the ethical situation that we now face, it is helpful to revisit the writings of the philosopher Hans Jonas, who forcefully challenged the emerging effort to redefine death in the late 1960s. |
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Authors:
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F G Miller |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural |
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Title: Journal of medical ethics Volume: 35 ISSN: 1473-4257 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Ethics Publication Date: 2009 Oct |
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Created Date: 2009-10-01 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7513619 Medline TA: J Med Ethics Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 616-20 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1156, USA. fmiller@nih.gov |
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