Death, Dying, And Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics At The End Of Life

Exposes the misconception that stopping life support merely allows patients to die from their medical conditions, and disputes the accuracy of determining death of hospitalized patients on the basis of a diagnosis of "brain death" prior to vital organ donation. Miller and Truog, in the context of reasonable plans to withdraw life support, argue that still-living patients are not harmed or wronged by organ donation prior to their death, provided that valid consent has been obtained for stopping treatment and for organ donation. --From publisher description.

• | Author: Franklin G. Miller, Robert D. Truog
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 210 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0190460849
• | ISBN-13: 9780190460846