The death of Whole-Brain death: The plague of the disaggregators, somaticists, and mentalists

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-378

  Veatch, Robert M ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Higher brain death; Personhood; Somatic integration

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; PERSONHOOD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 23744440096     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310591008504     Document Type: Review

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