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008    980424s1999    mdu      b    001 0 eng   
010       98020216 
020    0801859859|qalkaline paper 
035    (OCoLC)39069362 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dVAM|dNLM|dSTJ 
049    STJJ 
050 00 RA1063|b.D44 1999 
060 00 1999 C-571 
060 10 W 820|bD313 1999 
069 0  100887149 
082 00 614/.1|221 
092    614.1|bD313D 
245 04 The definition of death :|bcontemporary controversies /
       |cedited by Stuart J. Youngner, Robert M. Arnold, and 
       Renie Schapiro. 
264  1 Baltimore :|bJohns Hopkins University Press,|c1999. 
300    xx, 346 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Ch. 1. Brain death in cultural context: the reconstruction
       of death, 1967-1981 -- Ch. 2. Clinical standards and 
       technological confirmatory tests in diagnosing brain death
       -- Ch. 3. How much of the brain must be dead? -- Ch. 4. 
       Refinements in the definition and criterion of death -- 
       Ch. 5. On the brainstem criterion of death -- Ch. 6. The 
       persisting perplexities in the determination of death -- 
       Ch. 7. The bifurcated legal standard for determining death
       : does it work? -- 
505 0  Ch. 8. The conscience clause: how much individual choice 
       in defining death can our society tolerate? -- 
505 0  Ch. 9. The unimportance of death -- Ch. 10. American 
       attitudes and beliefs about brain death: the empirical 
       literature -- Ch. 11. Fundamentals of life and death: 
       Christian fundamentalism and medical science -- Ch. 12. 
       The definition of death in Jewish law -- Ch. 13. Brain 
       death, ethics, and politics in Denmark -- Ch. 14. The 
       problem of brain death: Japanese disputes about bodies and
       modernity -- Ch. 15. Defining death in Germany: brain 
       death and its discontents -- Ch. 
505 0  16. Dusk, dawn, and defining death: legal classifications 
       and biological categories -- 
505 0  Ch. 17. The role of the public in public policy on the 
       definition of death -- Ch. 18. Death in a technological 
       and pluralistic culture -- Ch. 19. Redefining death: the 
       mirage of consensus -- Ch. 20. Where do we go from here? 
650  0 Death|xProof and certification. 
650  0 Brain death. 
650 22 Attitude to Death. 
650 22 Ethics, Medical. 
700 1  Youngner, Stuart J. 
700 1  Arnold, Robert M.,|d1957- 
700 1  Schapiro, Renie. 
898    qbibliographies 
910    CARL0001541437 
994    01|bSTJ 
998  0 LDR506 OCLC 00/02/16  07:41:10