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Death Ethics

Death Ethics is a branch of Religious Ethics that examines the moral principles and theological considerations guiding attitudes toward death, dying, and post-mortem practices, distinguished by its focus on the normative evaluation of beliefs and rituals concerning the end of life within religious frameworks.

686

Publications

25.9K

Citations

912

Authors

484

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

89

Variants

Ethics Of Death

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Publications

686

Mortality, immortality and other life strategies

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 773 citations

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2000 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2001 · 743 citations

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Staring at the sun: Overcoming the terror of death.

Irvin D. Yalom · The Humanistic Psychologist · 2008 · 413 citations

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The Brain and Somatic Integration: Insights Into the Standard Biological Rationale for Equating Brain Death With Death

D. Alan Shewmon · The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine · 2001 · 401 citations

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On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families.

Annals of Internal Medicine · 1970 · 366 citations

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1–5 of 686

Authors

912

  1. DP
    Daniel P. Sulmasy

    Georgetown University, United States

    6 publications · 193 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. DA
    D. Alan Shewmon

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    5 publications · 576 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. FF
    Fred Feldman

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    4 publications · 402 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. LR
    León R. Kass

    University of Chicago, United States

    4 publications · 236 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. JM
    John Martin Fischer

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    4 publications · 213 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5 of 912

Institutions

484

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    627 citations

  2. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    307 citations

  3. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    232 citations

  4. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    136 citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    538 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    386 citations

  7. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    389 citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    144 citations

1–8 of 484

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 29 publications · 2K citations

    21

    h-index

  2. Death Studies

    29 publications · 921 citations

    20

    h-index

  3. Journal of Medical Ethics

    23 publications · 722 citations

    17

    h-index

  4. PubMed

    Repository · 28 publications · 765 citations

    17

    h-index

  5. The Hastings Center Report

    17 publications · 691 citations

    17

    h-index

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