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Posts Tagged ‘definition of death’

Give Terry Pratchett the Freedom to Die…

11, Feb 2010

Sir Terry Pratchett Calls for Euthanasia Tribunals
Maev Kennedy, The Guardian (February 02, 2010)
Terry Pratchett: My Case for a Euthanasia Tribunal
Terry Pratchett, The Guardian (February 02, 2010)
Last week, the British writer Sir Terry Pratchett (he of Discworld fame) catapulted the ongoing UK discussion on Assisted Dying back into the news. This is a persistent topic in [...]

  • By: John
  • In: Death + the Law| Death Ethics
  • Tags: assisted dying, assisted suicide, bioethics, brain death, definition of death
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Research of Near Death Experiences May Improve Resuscitation

28, Sep 2009

Questions and Answers about Moment of Death: AWARE Project Uses Technology to Investigate “Out-of-Body Experiences”
Today – MSNBC.com (September 28, 2009)

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According to the Today show’s Q&A, the Awareness During Resuscitation study — AWARE for short — is investigating “what happens to the human mind [...]

  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Afterlife| Defying Death
  • Tags: definition of death, moment of death, research, video
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America and End of Life Care: Death, Dying, and Mortality

22, Aug 2009

At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort
Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times (August 19, 2009)
I started and re-started this post on American Health Care reform several times. To watch America’s current Health Care debate (such as it is…) makes me all the happier that I now live in the UK and am covered [...]

  • By: John
  • In: Death + the Economy| Death + the Law| Death Ethics
  • Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, death with dignity, definition of death
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Radiolab: After Life… Now with John Troyer!

28, Jul 2009

Radiolab: After Life
originally aired July 27, 2009.
What happens at the moment when we slip from life… to the other side? Is it a moment? If it is a moment, when is that moment? And what happens afterward? It’s a show of questions that don’t have easy answers. So, in a slight departure from our [...]

  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Afterlife
  • Tags: brain death, cardiac death, definition of death, moment of death, podcast
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Re-thinking the Definition of Death in Canada

18, Jul 2009

Ethicist Seeks Law to Say When Dead Is Truly Dead
Tom Blackwell, National Post (July 16, 2009)
How and when an individual is determined to be dead is a persistent bio-ethical, medical, and philosophical debate. I came across this article on the debate in Canada and I think that it highlights a common set of points for [...]

  • By: John
  • In: Death + Technology| Death + the Law| Death Ethics
  • Tags: bioethics, brain death, cardiac death, definition of death
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