Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval: Medical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects [Paperback]

Background: Including Historical, Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations.- 1 ? Death-Defining Acts: Historical and Cultural Observations on the End of Life.- 2 ? A Jewish Approach to Ethical Issues in Brain Death and Organ Transplantation.- 3 ? Catholic Considerations of Brain Death and Organ Retrieval.- 4 ? Protestant Perspectives on Organ Donation.- 5 ? The Legal Status of Brain-Based Determinations of Death.- 6 ? Brain Death: Historical Perspectives and Current Concerns.- Criteria for the Declaration of Brain Death in Children.- 7 ? Brain Death in Children: Guidelines and Experience at the Massachusetts General Hospital.- 8 ? Brain Death in Children: the Philadelphia Experience.- 9 ? Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Transplantation.- 10 ? Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Transplantation: The Los Angeles Experience.- 11 ? Clinical Criteria for Pediatric Brain Death: The Washington Experience.- 12 ? Brain Death in Infants and Children: The Atlanta Experience.- 13 ? Brain Death in Children: The Loma Linda Experience.- 14 ? Brain Death in Children: Task Force Guidelines.- 15 ? Validity of Radionuclide Cerebral Angiography for Diagnosing Brain Death in Infants.- 16 ? Detection of Blood Flow to the Brain by Radionuclide Cerebral Imaging.- 17 ? The Eeg in the Determination of Brain Death in Pediatric Patients: The NIH Study.- 18 ? Role of EEG in Brain Death Determination in Children: The Bronx Experience.- Issues in Brain Death Related to Organ Donation.- 19 ? Estimation of Organ and Tissue Donor Pool from Multiple Cause of Death Statistics.- 20 ? Use of Anencephalic Infants as Organ Donors: Crossing a Threshold.- 21 ? Relaxing the Death Standard for Organ Donation in Pediatric Situations.- 22 ? The Definition of Death: Unresolved Controversies.-Needs and Possibilities in Transplantation.- 23 ? Developments in Immunosuppression: The Secret to the Success of Organ Transplantation.- 24 ? Pediatric Transplantation: Needs and Potential Donors.- 25 ? Developments in Tisslã%