Brain Death: A Reappraisal

Brain Death: A Reappraisal
By C. Machado

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 230
Publication Date: 2007-06-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 038738975X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387389752
Binding: Hardcover

This text is intended to provide an overview of brain death. The topics explored in this book are the concept and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with some consciousness disturbances, and the legal considerations of human death.