The problematic symmetry between brain birth and brain death.
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The problematic symmetry between brain birth and brain death.
The possible symmetry between the concepts of brain death and brain birth (life) is explored. Since the symmetry argument has tended to overlook the most appropriate definition of brain death, the fundamental concepts of whole brain death and higher brain death are assessed. In this way, a context is provided for a discussion of brain birth. Different writers have placed brain birth at numerous...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.24.4.237