Description |
1 online resource (ix, 223 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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text/computer/online resource/text file |
Subject |
Brain death.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Death.
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Medical Subj |
Brain Death diagnosis.
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Death.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Tissue and Organ Procurement ethics.
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Brain Death.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Front Matter; The Concept of Brain Death Did Not Evolve to Benefit Organ Transplants; The First Organ Transplant from a Brain-Dead Donor; Conceptual Approach to Human Death on Neurological Grounds; Clinical Diagnosis of Brain Death; Ancillary Tests in Brain Death Confirmation; Brain Death in Children; Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States and Other Disturbances of Consciousness; Brain Death and Organ Transplantation: Ethical Issues; Legal Considerations on the Determination and Certification of Human Death; Back Matter. |
Summary |
Aims to provide an overview of brain death. This book explores topics such as the concept 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 more. |
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SpringerLink (Online service)
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LC # |
QP87 .M33 2007 |
Nlm # |
2007 J-162 |
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W 820 M149b 2007 |
Dewey # |
174.297954 |
ISBN |
9780387389752 (hd. bd.) |
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038738975X (hd. bd.) |
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9780387389776 |
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0387389776 |
Other # |
10.1007/978-0-387-38977-6 doi |
Isn/Std # |
978-0-387-38975-2 Springer http://www.springerlink.com |
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