학술논문
Only a very bold man would attempt to define death.
Document Type
Editorial
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Source
Subject
*DEATH (Biology)
*BRAIN death
*CARDIOPULMONARY system
*ORGAN donation & ethics
*MEDICAL ethics
*FUTILE medical care
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ISSN
0342-4642
Abstract
The authors reflect on the different criteria used by medical professionals to determine death. Topics covered include the use of cardiorespiratory standard of death from the eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, the problems with the definition of death and the establishment of brain death in the late 1950s as a way to stop treatment in someone who is beyond hope. Also noted is a debate on whether the practices of establishing death and organ donation are ethically justifiable.