The undead : organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating-heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring...
The undead : organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating-heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring...
The undead : organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating-heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death / Dick Teresi.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
Call Numbers
N610/131
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 350 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Death is here to stay -- A history of death -- The brain-death revolution -- The new undead -- Netherworlds -- The near-death experience -- Postmodern death -- The moment of death and the search for self.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2012.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Science writer Dick Teresi examines how death is determined by the medical community and explores organ trafficking, brain death, and near-death experiences.
Alternative Titles
Full title
The undead : organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating-heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death / Dick Teresi.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-334) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c2012.
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Call Numbers
N610/131
Record Identifier
74Vvg6oOJ8gl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvg6oOJ8gl
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ISBN
0375423710
9780375423710
DDC
610
MMS ID
991012210559702626
