Parution – The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, vol 35, n°3, juin 2010

Ana Smith Iltis and Mark J. Cherry

Death Revisited: Rethinking Death and the Dead Donor Rule

James L. Bernat

How the Distinction between « Irreversible » and « Permanent » Illuminates Circulatory–Respiratory Death Determination

D. Alan Shewmon

Constructing the Death Elephant: A Synthetic Paradigm Shift for the Definition, Criteria, and Tests for Death

Franklin G. Miller, Robert D. Truog, and Dan W. Brock

The Dead Donor Rule: Can It Withstand Critical Scrutiny?

Robert M. Veatch

Transplanting Hearts after Death Measured by Cardiac Criteria: The Challenge to the Dead Donor Rule

George Khushf

A Matter of Respect: A Defense of the Dead Donor Rule and of a « Whole-Brain » Criterion for Determination of Death

James M. Dubois

The Ethics of Creating and Responding to Doubts about Death Criteria