Diagnosing death
Subtitle: issues, ethics, and questions in death determinations
By: editor, Luka Prokovyev.
Contributors: Prokovyev, Luka.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608760923
Subjects: President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.); President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.); Brain death -- Diagnosis -- United States; Diagnostic erros -- United States -- Prevention; Medical ethics -- United States; Medical policy -- United States; Brain Death -- diagnosis -- United States; Diagnostic Errors -- prevention & control -- United States; Ethics, Medical -- United States; Health Policy -- United States; Neurologic Examination -- standards -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Terminology; title: The clinical presentation and pathophysiology of total brain failure; title: The philosophical debate; title: Implications for policy and practice; title: Non-heart-beating organ donation; title: A summary of the Council's debate on the neurological standard for determining death.