Defining life from death: Problems with the somatic integration definition of life

To determine when the life of a human organism begins, Mark T. Brown has developed the somatic integration definition of life. Derived from diagnostic criteria for human death, Brown’s account requires the presence of a life-regulation internal control system for an entity to be considered a living...

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Authors: Blackshaw, Bruce P. (Author) ; Rodger, Daniel (Author)
Contributors: Brown, Mark T. 1945- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 5, Pages: 549-554
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B Moral Status
B determination of death
B Abortion
B Human embryo
B Stem Cell Research
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