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Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval

Medical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Howard H. Kaufman

    1. Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, USA

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Background: Including Historical, Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xvii-xvii
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    2. Death-Defining Acts Historical and Cultural Observations on the End of Life

      • T. Forcht Dagi
      Pages 1-30

    3. A Jewish Approach to Ethical Issues in Brain Death and Organ Transplantation

      • Rabbi Moshe Tendler
      Pages 31-34

    4. Catholic Considerations of Brain Death and Organ Retrieval

      • John J. Paris
      Pages 35-43

    5. Protestant Perspectives on Organ Donation

      • James F. Childress
      Pages 45-53

    6. The Legal Status of Brain-Based Determinations of Death

      • Alexander Morgan Capron
      Pages 55-63

    7. Brain Death Historical Perspectives and Current Concerns

      • Joanne Lynn
      Pages 65-72

  3. Criteria for the Declaration of Brain Death in Children

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Brain Death in Children Guidelines and Experience at the Massachusetts General Hospital

      • Peter McL. Black, I. David Todres
      Pages 75-81

    3. Brain Death in Children The Philadelphia Experience

      • Derek Bruce
      Pages 83-87

    4. Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Transplantation

      • John F. Edmonds, Sik-Nin Wong
      Pages 89-99

    5. Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Transplantation The Los Angeles Experience

      • J. Gordon McComb
      Pages 101-106

    6. Clinical Criteria for Pediatric Brain Death The Washington Experience

      • David C. McCullough
      Pages 107-111

    7. Brain Death in Infants and Children The Atlanta Experience

      • Mark O’Brien
      Pages 113-119

    8. Brain Death in Children The Loma Linda Experience

      • Sanford Schneider
      Pages 121-128

    9. Brain Death in Children Task Force Guidelines

      • David A. Stumpf
      Pages 129-133

    10. Validity of Radionuclide Cerebral Angiography for Diagnosing Brain Death in Infants

      • Julius M. Goodman, Larry L. Heck, Stephen K. Nugent, Michael S. Turner
      Pages 135-148

    11. Detection of Blood Flow to the Brain by Radionuclide Cerebral Imaging

      • Jan Arthur Schwartz, David Brill, John Baxter
      Pages 149-156

    12. The EEG in the Determination of Brain Death in Pediatric Patients The NIH Study

      • Donald R. Bennett
      Pages 157-163
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, USA

    Howard H. Kaufman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval

  • Book Subtitle: Medical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects

  • Editors: Howard H. Kaufman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5532-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Publishing Corporation 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5534-2Published: 02 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5532-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 384

  • Topics: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics

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