This text is intended to provide an overview of brain death. The topics explored in this book are the concept and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with some consciousness disturbances, and the legal considerations of human death.
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From the reviews:
"This is a single author monograph describing recent work culminating in the contemporary approach to diagnosis of brain death. . Neurologists, neurosurgeons, intensivists, and transplanters are an appropriate audience for this work . . Black-and-white line drawings are done well and a selection of good color plates is grouped together. . This book smoothly sheds light on the biology and controversy surrounding an important clinical topic. . is attractive for its historical scope coupled with clinical clarity." (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, July, 2008)
