A defining analysis of the life and death dyad: Paving the way for an ethical debate

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 609-634

  Boniolo, Giovanni ^a,b   Paolo Di Fiore, Pier ^a,b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical death; Death; Embryo; Existence; Gene; Life; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; LIFE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LIFE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 59449097256     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhn031     Document Type: Review

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