The New Definitions of Death for Organ Donation

The New Definitions of Death for Organ Donation
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Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 3034332777
ISBN-13 : 9783034332774
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The New Definitions of Death for Organ Donation by : Doyen Nguyen

Download or read book The New Definitions of Death for Organ Donation written by Doyen Nguyen and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical analysis of the moral soundness of the "brain death" and "controlled cardiac/circulatory death" protocols used in organ transplantation. Analyzes the rationales supporting these new definitions of death, and argues against them, showing that they contradict both Aristotelian-Thomistic metaphysics and contemporary biophilosophy.


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