The undead : organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating-heart cadavers - how medicine is blurring the line between life and death / Dick Teresi.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: xi, 350 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0375423710
- 9780375423710
- 610 23
- RA1063 .T47 2012
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.
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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 610 TER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A516716B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-334) and index.
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.
Science writer Dick Teresi examines how death is determined by the medical community and explores organ trafficking, brain death, and near-death experiences.
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