It Is Time to Abandon the Dogma That Brain Death Is Biological Death

被引：3
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作者：
Miller, Franklin G. [1 ]
Nair-Collins, Michael [2 ]
Truog, Robert D. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Weill Cornell Med Coll, Med Eth Med, New York, NY 10065 USA
[2] Florida State Univ, Coll Med, Dept Behav Sci & Social Med, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
[3] Harvard Med Sch, Med Eth & Pediat, Boston, MA 02115 USA
来源：
HASTINGS CENTER REPORT | 2021年 / 51卷 / 04期
关键词：
determination of death; brain death; pregnancy; organ transplantation;
D O I：
10.1002/hast.1268
中图分类号：
B82 [伦理学（道德学）];
学科分类号：
摘要：
Drawing on a recent case report of a pregnant, brain-dead woman who gave birth to a healthy child after over seven months of intensive care treatment, this essay rejects the established doctrine in medicine that brain death constitutes the biological death of the human being. The essay describes three policy options with respect to determination of death and vital organ transplantation in the case of patients who are irreversibly comatose but remain biologically alive.
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页数：4
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