Brain death and disorders of consciousness
By: edited by Calixto Machado and D. Alan Shewmon.
Contributors: Machado, Calixto.; Shewmon, D. Alan.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 550
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Brain death -- Congresses.; Brain Death -- Congresses.; Consciousness -- physiology -- Congresses.; Organ Procurement -- Congresses.; Persistent Vegetative State -- physiopathology -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Although some decades have passed, there are still worldwide controversies about a concept of human death on neurological grounds. There are also disagreements on the diagnostic criteria for brain death, whether clinical alone or clinical plus ancillary tests. Moreover, some scholars who were strong defenders of a brain-based standard of death are now favoring a circulatory-respiratory standard. The study of coma is extremely important because lesions of the brain are responsible for quality of life in patients or cause of death. The main goal of this book is to provide a suitable scientific platform to discuss all topics related to human death and coma.
Notes: Proceedings of the IV International Symposium on Coma and Death, held March 9-12, 2004, in Havana, Cuba.

Includes bibliographical references and index.