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Science and Society: Death, Unconsciousness and the Brain
Laureys, Steven
2005In Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, 6 (11), p. 899-909
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Abstract :
[en] The concept of death has evolved as technology has progressed. This has forced medicine and society to redefine its ancient cardiorespiratory centred diagnosis to a neurocentric diagnosis of death. The apparent consensus about the definition of death has not yet appeased all controversy. Ethical, moral and religious concerns continue to surface and include a prevailing malaise about possible expansions of the definition of death to encompass the vegetative state or about the feared bias of formulating criteria so as to facilitate organ transplantation.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Laureys, Steven  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron - Comagroup
Language :
English
Title :
Science and Society: Death, Unconsciousness and the Brain
Publication date :
November 2005
Journal title :
Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
ISSN :
1471-003X
eISSN :
1471-0048
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Group
Volume :
6
Issue :
11
Pages :
899-909
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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