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9780387389752

Brain Death

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    9780387389752

  • ISBN10:

    038738975X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-05-18
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
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Summary

This text is intended to provide an overview of brain death. The topics explored in this book are the concept and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with some consciousness disturbances, and the legal considerations of human death.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
The Concept of Brain Death Did Not Evolve to Benefit Organ Transplantsp. 1
The First Organ Transplant from a Brain-Dead Donorp. 21
Conceptual Approach to Human Death on Neurological Groundsp. 32
Clinical Diagnosis of Brain Deathp. 71
Ancillary Tests in Brain Death Confirmationp. 102
Brain Death in Childrenp. 158
Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States and Other Disturbances of Consciousnessp. 169
Brain Death and Organ Transplantation: Ethical Issuesp. 200
Legal Considerations on the Determination and Certification of Human Deathp. 208
Indexp. 215
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