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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Main Author: Cole, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 1993
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 1993, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-155
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