Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval

Medical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects

  • Howard H. Kaufman
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Background: Including Historical, Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations

    1. Front Matter
      Pages xvii-xvii
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    2. Death-Defining Acts Historical and Cultural Observations on the End of Life
      T. Forcht Dagi
      Pages 1-30
    3. A Jewish Approach to Ethical Issues in Brain Death and Organ Transplantation
      Rabbi Moshe Tendler
      Pages 31-34
    4. Catholic Considerations of Brain Death and Organ Retrieval
      John J. Paris
      Pages 35-43
    5. Protestant Perspectives on Organ Donation
      James F. Childress
      Pages 45-53
    6. The Legal Status of Brain-Based Determinations of Death
      Alexander Morgan Capron
      Pages 55-63
    7. Brain Death Historical Perspectives and Current Concerns
      Joanne Lynn
      Pages 65-72

  3. Criteria for the Declaration of Brain Death in Children

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 73-73
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    2. Brain Death in Children Guidelines and Experience at the Massachusetts General Hospital
      Peter McL. Black, I. David Todres
      Pages 75-81
    3. Brain Death in Children The Philadelphia Experience
      Derek Bruce
      Pages 83-87
    4. Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Transplantation
      John F. Edmonds, Sik-Nin Wong
      Pages 89-99
    5. Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Transplantation The Los Angeles Experience
      J. Gordon McComb
      Pages 101-106
    6. Clinical Criteria for Pediatric Brain Death The Washington Experience
      David C. McCullough
      Pages 107-111
    7. Brain Death in Infants and Children The Atlanta Experience
      Mark O’Brien
      Pages 113-119
    8. Brain Death in Children The Loma Linda Experience
      Sanford Schneider
      Pages 121-128
    9. Brain Death in Children Task Force Guidelines
      David A. Stumpf
      Pages 129-133
    10. Validity of Radionuclide Cerebral Angiography for Diagnosing Brain Death in Infants
      Julius M. Goodman, Larry L. Heck, Stephen K. Nugent, Michael S. Turner
      Pages 135-148
    11. Detection of Blood Flow to the Brain by Radionuclide Cerebral Imaging
      Jan Arthur Schwartz, David Brill, John Baxter
      Pages 149-156
    12. The EEG in the Determination of Brain Death in Pediatric Patients The NIH Study
      Donald R. Bennett
      Pages 157-163

About this book

Keywords

age beneficence brain child children death electroencephalography (EEG) organ tissue

Editors and affiliations

  • Howard H. Kaufman
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of NeurosurgeryWest Virginia University Health Sciences CenterMorgantownUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5532-8
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag US 1989
  • Publisher Name Springer, Boston, MA
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-1-4684-5534-2
  • Online ISBN 978-1-4684-5532-8
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