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Death and organ donation: back to the future
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- Published on: 18 May 2017
- Published on: 18 May 2017Diagnosing deathShow More
Dr Miller's argument is based on the premises that (1) doctors must not kill patients; (2) brain-dead patients are alive; (3) procuring vital organs from brain-dead patients would cause their death (p618). As Dr Miller acknowledges, it is by no means certain that premise (1) stands, as doctors intentionally kill patients every day and this is accepted and acceptable to societies in which it takes place. The second premis...
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