Constructing the Death Elephant: A Synthetic Paradigm Shift for the Definition, Criteria, and Tests for Death.

In debates about criteria for human death, several camps have emerged, the main two focusing on either loss of the “organism as a whole” (the mainstream view) or loss of consciousness or “personhood.” Controversies also rage over the proper definition of “irreversible” in criteria for death. The sit...

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Published in:	Journal of Medicine & Philosophy Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 256 - 299
Main Author:	SHEWMON, D. ALAN
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jun2010
Subjects:	Death (Biology) Loss of consciousness Brain death Blind people Brain
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