RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Death and reductionism: a reply to John F Catherwood.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 40
OP 42
DO 10.1136/jme.18.1.40
VO 18
IS 1
A1 D Lamb
YR 1992
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/18/1/40.abstract
AB 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.