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This book critically examines the moral soundness of the two definitions of death used in organ donation-transplantation: "brain death" (heart-beating) and "controlled cardiac/circulatory death" (non-heart-beating). The author carries out a multidisciplinary study of the crucial moral issues surrounding these new definitions to answer the question: are the donors truly dead at the time of organ removal? The book probes the history of these protocols, and the rationales of pro-"brain death" Catholic scholars who assert that brain-dead individuals are dead because, without a functioning brain, they have undergone a substantial change. The author’s arguments, firmly grounded in both classical metaphysics and contemporary biophilosophy, demonstrate that the new definitions of death are unsound because they contradict both Aristotelian-Thomistic anthropology and holistic biophilosophy. The book also looks at the new definitions in terms of Christian ethics. It provides a detailed critical analysis of John Paul II’s 2000 Address to the Transplantation Society, showing that, contrary to popular belief, the Catholic Church has not given any formal approval to the "brain death" protocol.

Donation of organs, tissues, etc --- Death --- Thanatology --- Brain death --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Anatomical gifts --- Organ donation --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Tissue donation --- Tissues --- Cerebral death --- Irreversible coma --- Coma --- Death (Biology) --- Death studies --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity --- Philosophy --- Donation --- Proof and certification --- Study and teaching --- 241.63*2 --- 241.63*2 Theologische ethiek: medische ethiek: dokter; verpleegster; ziekenhuis --- Theologische ethiek: medische ethiek: dokter; verpleegster; ziekenhuis --- Donation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Religious aspects --- Donation of organs, tissues, etc. - Moral and ethical aspects --- Death - Religious aspects - Christianity --- Death - Moral and ethical aspects --- Death - Philosophy