The Dead Donor Rule: Lessons from Linguistics

, American society traditionally has assumed a univocal notion of "death," largely because we have only one word for it and, until recently, have not needed a more nuanced notion. The reality of death-processes does not preclude the reality of death events. Linguistically, "death"...

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Main Author: Shewmon, D. Alan (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2004
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 2004, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 277-300
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