Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life

by Robert D. Truog and Franklin G. Miller

Book Overview

In Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life, Miller and Truog challenge fundamental doctrines of established medical ethics. They argue that the routine practice of stopping life support technology in hospitals causes the death of patients and that donors of vital organs (hearts, lungs, liver, and both kidneys) are not really dead at the time that their organs are removed for life-saving transplantation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190460849
• ISBN13: 9780190460846
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"