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Author Walton, Douglas N.

Title Brain death : ethical considerations / by Douglas N. Walton.

Publication Info. West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University, 1980.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  174.24 W238B    Check Shelf
Description ix, 95 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Science and society ; v. 5
Science and society (West Lafayette, Ind.) ; v. 5.
Contents I. Criteria for determining brain death : Introduction ; Legal developments ; Medical developments ; Terminology ; Safety and certainty of determination -- II. A miscellany of arguments : The practical versus the philosophical arguments ; Slippery slope arguments ; Bodies, dead and alive ; A cerebral slope? ; Concepts and criteria -- III. Concepts of death and brain death : The cardiorespiratory conception ; Spontaneity ; Philosophical analysis of death ; Which areas of the brain? ; Concluding remarks.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 89-92.
Subject Brain death.
Brain death -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Brain death -- Religious aspects.
ISBN 0931682126: $3.25
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