Re-examining death: against a higher brain criterion
While there is increasing pressure on scarce health care resources, advances in medical science have blurred the boundary between life and death. Individuals can survive for decades without consciousness and individuals whose whole brains are dead can be supported for extended periods. One suggested...
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BMJ Publ.
1999
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 25, Issue: 6, Pages: 473-476 |
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