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- Provides a comprehensive view of controversies and consensus in determination of death by neurological criteria
- Helps to understand underlying issues and conceptual, medical and legal basis for the debates
- Appeals to a multidisciplinary audience and written by diverse group of authors
Part of the book series: Advances in Neuroethics (AIN)
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Conceptual Issues
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Medical Issues
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About the editors
James L. Bernat, M.D. is Professor of Neurology, Active Emeritus at the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine where he has been Professor for 33 years. Formerly, he was the Louis and Ruth Frank Professor of Neuroscience at Dartmouth. He is the former Chair of the American Academy of Neurology Ethics, Law & Humanities Committee. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, and the Hastings Center. He served as an observer on the Uniform Law Commission Study Committee and Drafting Committee to update the Uniform Determination of Death Act. His principal book is Ethical Issues in Neurology, 3rd ed. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008). Over the past 40 years, he has authored numerous articles and chapters on death determination by neurological criteria and the definition of death.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Death Determination by Neurologic Criteria
Book Subtitle: Areas of Consensus and Controversy
Editors: Ariane Lewis, James L. Bernat
Series Title: Advances in Neuroethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15947-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15946-6Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15949-7Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-15947-3Published: 01 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2522-5677
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5685
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 498
Topics: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Health Care Management, Nursing Ethics, Philosophy, general, Social Sciences, general