Philosophical problems with the concepts of death and brain death : a different perspective
The criteria and tests for death have changed throughout the history of medicine; these criteria and tests are underpinned by a variety of concepts of death. Recent advances in medicine and especially in the areas of resuscitation, mechanical ventilation and cardiac pacemakers have posed great philo...
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Swansea University
1998
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.638727 |