학술논문
Brain Death without Definitions
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Hastings Center Report. 35(6):20-30
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1552-146X
Abstract
Most of the world now accepts the idea, first proposed four decades ago, that death means "brain death." But the idea has always been open to criticism because it doesn't square with all of our intuitions about death. In fact, none of the possible definitions of death quite works. Death, perhaps surprisingly, eludes definition, and "brain death" can be accepted only as a refinement of what is in fact a fuzzy concept.