Death and transplantation: Let's try to get things methodologically straight

Giovanni Boniolo

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is methodological. I begin by showing the methodological frailties of both the heart and brain approach to the criteria of death used in connection with organ transplantation. I then clarify what a definition is. Finally, I propose to abandon the definition of death, and suggest a pragmatic definition of 'explantability window'.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)32-40
Number of pages9
JournalBioethics
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2007

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Keywords

  • Death
  • Definition
  • Explantability window
  • Methodology
  • Transplantation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Death and transplantation : Let's try to get things methodologically straight. / Boniolo, Giovanni.

In: Bioethics, Vol. 21, No. 1, 01.2007, p. 32-40.

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Boniolo, G 2007, 'Death and transplantation: Let's try to get things methodologically straight', Bioethics, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00521.x
Boniolo G. Death and transplantation: Let's try to get things methodologically straight. Bioethics. 2007 Jan;21(1):32-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00521.x
Boniolo, Giovanni. / Death and transplantation : Let's try to get things methodologically straight. In: Bioethics. 2007 ; Vol. 21, No. 1. pp. 32-40.
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