The Brain and Somatic Integration: Insights Into the Standard BiologicalRationale for Equating “Brain Death” With Death.

The mainstream rationale for equating “braindeath” (BD) with death is that the brain confers integrative unity uponthe body, transforming it from a mere collection of organs and tissues toan “organism as a whole.” In support of this conclusion, the impressivelist of the brain's myriad integrative fu...

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Publicado en:Journal of Medicine & Philosophy Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 457 - 479
Autor principal: Shewmon, Alan D.
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Oct2001
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