Statutory Definitions of Death and the Management of Terminally Ill Patients Who May Become Organ Donors after Death
The law stipulates that death is irreversible. Patients treated in accord with the Pittsburgh protocol have death pronounced when their condition might well be reversed by intervention that is intentionally withheld. Nevertheless, the protocol is in accord with the medical "Guidelines for the D...
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
1993
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Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 1993, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-155 |
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