February 22, 2002
The Unsettled Question of Brain Death
Cultural views differ of a notion with broad importance in a technological ageIt is a rather unnerving fact that whether you are dead or alive may depend on where you live.
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How Do Doctors Decide?
In most developed nations, once your brain stops functioning, you are considered "brain dead," and "brain
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