What is Death and Why Do We Insist on the Dead Donor Rule? A Response to Our Critics

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American Journal of Bioethics 24 (4):8-12 (2023)
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What is death: a process or a specific declaration? Is it a biological continuum of events or a decision based on medical, ethical, and legal criteria? In our view, it is both, and there are philos...

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