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This comprehensive Elements volume explores the multifaceted controversies surrounding brain death across three critical domains: philosophy, medicine, and law. L. Syd M Johnson examines how brain death became established as a legal definition of death in many jurisdictions, while highlighting ongoing disagreements among neuroscientists, philosophers, and legal scholars.
The book addresses fundamental bioethical questions including whether brain death constitutes true death, how different cultural and religious perspectives challenge Western medical definitions, and the implications for organ transplantation. Johnson analyzes the scientific basis for brain death determination, philosophical arguments about personal identity and consciousness, and legal frameworks governing death certification.
Designed for students and scholars in bioethics, neuroethics, philosophy, medicine, and law, this work provides essential context for understanding contemporary debates about end-of-life care, medical decision-making, and the ethical foundations of transplantation practices. It demonstrates why consensus on brain death remains elusive despite decades of medical and legal development.
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