The Enigma of Brain Death

This is a commentary on an historical analysis by Anne E. Clinton in the Hastings Center Report's November-December 2025 issue on the creation of the Uniform Determination of Death Act in 1980, focusing on the attempt by the Uniform Law Commission to revise the act in 2020. The original UDDA wa...

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Main Author: Truog, Robert D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2025, Volume: 55, Issue: 6, Pages: 38-39
Further subjects:B Brain Death
B Organ Transplantation
B Death
B brain death legislation and jurisprudence
B Medical
B Diagnosis
B clinical ethics
B Philosophy
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