The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies

by Stuart J. Youngner MD (Editor), Robert M. Arnold MD (Editor), Renie Schapiro MPH (Editor)

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title The Definition of Contemporary Controversies is the first comprehensive review of the clinical, philosophical, and public policy implications of our effort to redefine the change in status from living person to corpse. It is the result of a collaboration among internationally recognized scholars from the fields of medicine, philosophy, social science, law, and religious studies. Throughout, the contributors struggle to reconcile inconsistencies and gaps in our traditional understanding of death and to respond to the public's concern that, in the determination of death under current policies, patients' interests may be compromised by the demand for organ retrieval.

372 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 1999