Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life

Miller And Truog Challenge Fundamental Doctrines Of Established Medical Ethics. They Argue Systematically That Physicians Legitimately Cause The Death Of Patients In The Routine Practices Of Withdrawing Life Support And Vital Organ Donation. Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment: Allowing To Die Or Causing Death? -- Active Euthanasia -- Death And The Brain -- Challenges To A Circulatory-respiratory Criterion For Death -- Donation After Circulatory Determination Of Death -- Vital Organ Donation Without The Dead Donor Rule -- Legal Fictions Approach To Organ Donation. Franklin G. Miller And Robert D. Truog. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [175]-185) And Index.