Twice dead

Brain deathTransplantation of organs, tissuesTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc.Medicine, japanMedicine, united statesTransplantsEthicsOrgan Transplantation

Medical knowledge and technology have been sufficiently advanced for surgeons to perform thousands of transplants each year. This text traces the discourse since 1970 that contributed to the locating of a new criterion of death in the brain.

For young readers

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