University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1972 · 101 citations · 0 references
NursingHealth LawPhilosophyBioethicsEnd-of-life CareMedical EthicsCause Of Death DeterminationDeath DeterminationDeath EthicsDying EthicsEnd-of-life EthicsEthical Issues In End-of-life CareBeliefs About Death And DyingClinical Criteria For DeathDeath CriteriaDeath With DignityDignity In DyingEnd-of-life Care StandardsEthics Of End-of-life Decision-makingMeaning Of Dying
In recent years, there has been much discussion of the need to refine and update the criteria for determining that a human being has died. 1 In light of medicine's increasing ability to maintain certain signs of life artificially 2 and to make good use of organs from newly dead * This Article grew out of discussions held by the Research Group (formerly Task Force) on Death and Dying of the Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences, a nonprofit organization engaged in interdisciplinary analysis of the issues generated by biomedical advances.The Research Group has been investigating various practical and philosophical problems in the "meaning" of death and the care of dying patients.