DEATH AND TRANSPLANTATION: LET’S TRY TO GET THINGS METHODOLOGICALLY STRAIGHT
The purpose of this paper is methodological. I begin by showing the methodological frailties of both the heart and brain approach to the criteria of death used in connection with organ transplantation. I then clarify what a definition is. Finally, I propose to abandon the definition of death, and su...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2007
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Bioethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 32-40 |
Further subjects: | B
explantability window
B Methodology B Definition B Death B Transplantation |
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Summary: | The purpose of this paper is methodological. I begin by showing the methodological frailties of both the heart and brain approach to the criteria of death used in connection with organ transplantation. I then clarify what a definition is. Finally, I propose to abandon the definition of death, and suggest a pragmatic definition of ‘explantability window’. |
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ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00521.x |