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Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Calixto Machado

    1. Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana, Cuba

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  2. D. Alan Shewmon

    1. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 550)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Philosophical, Ethical, and Legal Issues

    1. Brain Death

      • Julius Korein, Calixto Machado
      Pages 1-14

    2. The Concept of Brain Death

      • Jean-Michel Guérit
      Pages 15-21

    3. The “Critical Organ” for the Organism as a Whole

      • D. Alan Shewmon
      Pages 23-41

    4. “Brain Death” is not Death

      • Paul A. Byrne, Walt F. Weaver
      Pages 43-49

    5. The Conceptual Basis for Brain Death Revisited

      • John P. Lizza
      Pages 51-59

    6. Consciousness, Mind, Brain, and Death

      • Josef Seifert
      Pages 61-78

    7. The Death of Death

      • James J. Hughes
      Pages 79-87

    8. The Semiotics of Death and its Medical Implications

      • D. Alan Shewmon, Elisabeth Seitz Shewmon
      Pages 89-114

    9. About the Continuity of Our Consciousness

      • Pim van Lommel
      Pages 115-132

    10. Brain Death and Organ Transplantation

      • Z. Harry Rappaport, Isabelle T. Rappaport
      Pages 133-137

    11. Cuba has Passed a Law for the Determination and Certification of Death

      • Calixto Machado, Mayda Abeledo, Carlos Álvarez, Rosa M. Aroche, Irene Barrios, Alicia M. Lasanta et al.
      Pages 139-142

  3. Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Treatment

    1. Neuroprotection Becomes Reality

      • Maxwell S. Damian
      Pages 143-150

    2. Controlled Hypertension for Refractory High Intracranial Pressure

      • Philippe Hantson
      Pages 151-159

    3. On Irreversibility as a Prerequisite for Brain Death Determination

      • James L. Bernat
      Pages 161-167

    4. How Should Testing for Apnea be Performed in Diagnosing Brain Death?

      • Christoph J. G. Lang, Josef G. Heckmann
      Pages 169-174

    5. Evoked Potentials in the Diagnosis of Brain Death

      • Enrico Facco, Calixto Machado
      Pages 175-187

    6. Recovery from near Death Following Cerebral Anoxia

      • Ted L. Rothstein
      Pages 189-196

    7. Human Brain-Dead Donors and 31P MRS Studies on Feline Myocardial Energy Metabolism

      • George J. Brandon Bravo Bruinsma, Cees J. A. van Echteld
      Pages 197-205

    8. Organ Donation after Fatal Poisoning

      • Philippe Hantson
      Pages 207-213
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Although some decades have passed, there are still worldwide controversies about a concept of human death on neurological grounds. There are also disagreements on the diagnostic criteria for brain death, whether clinical alone or clinical plus ancillary tests. Moreover, some scholars who were strong defenders of a brain-based standard of death are now favoring a circulatory-respiratory standard. The study of coma is extremely important because lesions of the brain are responsible for quality of life in patients or cause of death. The main goal of Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness is to provide a suitable scientific platform to discuss all topics related to human death and coma.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana, Cuba

    Calixto Machado

  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

    D. Alan Shewmon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness

  • Editors: Calixto Machado, D. Alan Shewmon

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48526-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-48482-7Published: 31 March 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0976-6Published: 26 February 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48526-8Published: 31 March 2004

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 288

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Oncology, Neurology

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