Brain Death : A Reappraisal /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Machado, C. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Concept of Brain Death Did Not Evolve to Benefit Organ Transplants
  • The First Organ Transplant from a Brain-Dead Donor
  • Conceptual Approach to Human Death on Neurological Grounds
  • Clinical Diagnosis of Brain Death
  • Ancillary Tests in Brain Death Confirmation
  • Brain Death in Children
  • Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States and Other Disturbances of Consciousness
  • Brain Death and Organ Transplantation: Ethical Issues
  • Legal Considerations on the Determination and Certification of Human Death.