Philosophical, Medical, and Legal Controversies about Brain Death

by L. Syd M. Johnson

This Element considers current legal, ethical, metaphysical, and medical controversies concerning brain death. It examines the implicit metaphysical and moral commitments and dualism implied by neurological criteria for death. When these commitments and worldview are not shared by patients and surrogates, they give rise to distrust in healthcare providers and systems, and to injustice, particularly when medicolegal definitions of death are coercively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009323342
• ISBN13: 9781009323345
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"