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higher-brain formulation of death: a standalone construct

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Bioethics

the view that a person dies when the capacity for consciousness is irreversibly lost, even if brainstem functions continue.

In bioethics, higher-brain formulation of death refers to the view that a person dies when the capacity for consciousness is irreversibly lost, even if brainstem functions continue. This meaning comes from Veatch (1993) in The Hastings Center Report.[1]

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Veatch, R. M. (1993). The Impending Collapse of the Whole-Brain Definition of Death. The Hastings Center Report, 23(4), 18. https://doi.org/10.2307/3562586

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