Defining Death Anew: Reexamining the Twentieth-Century Brain Death Debates and the Uniform Determination of Death Act
In the twentieth century, following the development of advanced life-support technology, recognition of perimortem states such as brain death challenged traditional definitions of death. A series of debates in the 1960s and 1970s regarding the need to adapt the social and legal frameworks in the fac...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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The Hastings Center report
Year: 2025, Volume: 55, Issue: 6, Pages: 29-37 |
| Further subjects: | B
Brain Death
B defining death B Uniform Law Commission B UDDA B clinical ethics |
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