Brain Dead, Brain Absent, Brain Donors: Human Subjects Or Human Objects?
- ISBN-10
- 0471937363
- ISBN-13
- 9780471937364
- Category
- Medical / General
- Pages
- 261
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-03-03
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Author
- Peter McCullagh
Description
Concerned with the development of practices and attitudes to several categories of severely disabled subjects, their use as sources of tissues and organs for transplantation as well as an assessment of the ethical and social implications. Considers the topic of brain death and the changes in approach over three decades. Discusses the current status regarding the use of fetal brain tissue.
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