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Brain Death: Interrelated Medical and Social IssuesJulius Korein, editor Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 315. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1978. Pp. 454. No price given.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2010

Douglas N. Walton
Affiliation:
University of Winnipeg

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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1982

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References

1 Manitoba Law Reform Commission, Report on a Statutory Definition of Death (Winnipeg, 1974).Google Scholar

2 Working Paper 23 (Ottawa, 1979).

3 Jonas, Hans, “Against the Stream: Comments on the Definition and Redefinition of Death”, in Philosophical Essays, ed. Jonas, Hans (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1974), 132140.Google Scholar

4 Gaylin, Willard, “Harvesting the Dead”, Harper's Magazine 249 (09 1974).Google Scholar

5 See p. 7 of the volume being reviewed.

6 For a discussion of other philosophical arguments and problems posed by the issue of brain death, see Walton, Douglas N., Brain Death: Ethical Considerations (Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 1980) (Science and Society Series)Google Scholar.