Death and reductionism: a reply to John F Catherwood

Journal of Medical Ethics 18 (1):40-42 (1992)
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This reply to John F Catherwood's criticism of brain-related criteria for death argues that brainstem criteria are neither reductionist nor do they presuppose a materialist theory of mind. Furthermore, it is argued that brain-related criteria are compatible with the majority of religious views concerning death

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