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Beyond Brain Death

The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human Death

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Authors:
  1. Michael Potts

    1. Methodist College, Fayetteville, USA

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  2. Paul A. Byrne

    1. St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, USA

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  3. Richard G. Nilges

    1. Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 66)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction: Beyond Brain Death

    • Michael Potts, Paul A. Byrne, Richard G. Nilges
    Pages 1-20

  3. Brain Death—the Patient, the Physician, and Society

    • Paul A. Byrne, Sean O’Reilly, Paul M. Quay, Peter W. Salsich Jr.
    Pages 21-89

  4. Metaphysical Misgivings about “Brain Death”

    • David Albert Jones
    Pages 91-119

  5. Pro-Life Support of the Whole Brain Death Criterion: A Problem of Consistency

    • Michael Potts
    Pages 121-138

  6. The Demise of “Brain Death” in Britain

    • David W. Evans
    Pages 139-158

  7. Brain Stem Death: A United Kingdom Anaesthetist’s View

    • David J. Hill
    Pages 159-169

  8. Brain Death and Cardiac Transplantation: Historical Background and Unsettled Controversies in Japan

    • Yoshio Watanabe
    Pages 171-190

  9. Philosophical and Cultural Attitudes Against Brain Death and Organ Transplantation in Japan

    • Tomoko Aabe
    Pages 191-199

  10. Brain Death and Euthanasia

    • Josef Seifert
    Pages 201-227

  11. The Moment of Death and the Morally Safer Path

    • Mark Haverland
    Pages 229-235

  12. A Narrative Case Against Brain Death

    • Martyn Evans, Michael Potts
    Pages 237-247

  13. Organ Transplantation, Brain Death and the Slippery Slope: A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective

    • Richard G. Nilges
    Pages 249-258

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 259-273
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About this book

Beyond Brain Death offers a provocative challenge to one of the most widely accepted conclusions of contemporary bioethics: the position that brain death marks the death of the human person. Eleven chapters by physicians, philosophers, and theologians present the case against brain-based criteria for human death. Each author believes that this position calls into question the moral acceptability of the transplantation of unpaired vital organs from brain-dead patients who have continuing function of the circulatory system. One strength of the book is its international approach to the question: contributors are from the United States, the United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, and Japan. This book will appeal to a wide audience, including physicians and other health care professionals, philosophers, theologians, medical sociologists, and social workers.

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`Beyond Brain Death is a Must read for all individuals, physicians and non-physicians alike. Some readers will enthusiastically endorse the opinions expressed in the book, others may question them and perhaps remain unconvinced, and still others will strongly disagree with them. However, it is virtually guaranteed that all readers will find this book one of the most provocative and controversial they have, or will ever, read. '
Chicago Medicine, 104:12 (2001)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Methodist College, Fayetteville, USA

    Michael Potts

  • St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, USA

    Paul A. Byrne

  • Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, USA

    Richard G. Nilges

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beyond Brain Death

  • Book Subtitle: The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human Death

  • Authors: Michael Potts, Paul A. Byrne, Richard G. Nilges

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46882-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6578-5Published: 30 September 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0366-0Published: 30 November 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-46882-7Published: 11 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 274

  • Topics: Ethics, Transplant Surgery, Neurology, Medical Law

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