Defining Death Veatch Robert M.
Defining Death Veatch Robert M. For most of human history there was little question about whether someone was dead or alive--a heartbeat or a pulse, or a foggy mirror under the nostrils, provided…
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Defining Death Veatch Robert M.
For most of human history there was little question about whether someone was dead or alive--a heartbeat or a pulse, or a foggy mirror under the nostrils, provided sufficient evidence. Today the global medical community recognizes three general definitions of death: whole-brain, circulatory or somatic, and higher-brain. But in the mid-20th century, with new technologies and medical interventions that prolonged the dying process, the questions around the precise moment of death became much more complicated.
Despite attempts to create and establish a uniform definition of death, physicians and policymakers continue to disagree on criteria and standards--resulting in confusion and acrimony in medicine, law, and insurance, not to mention families gathered around the bedside of But even in the United States alone no single concept of death has the support of the majority of its citizens.
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