Bibliograph

The undead, organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death, Dick Teresi

Type

Label

The undead, organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death, Dick Teresi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The undead

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

785572501

Responsibility statement

Dick Teresi

Sub title

organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death

Summary

Science writer Dick Teresi examines how death is determined by the medical community and explores organ trafficking, brain death, and near-death experiences

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor