TY - JOUR T1 - Whole-brain death reconsidered. JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 28 LP - 44 DO - 10.1136/jme.9.1.28 VL - 9 IS - 1 AU - A Browne Y1 - 1983/03/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/9/1/28.abstract N2 - The author, a philosopher, suggests that the concept of death should be left as it is 'in its present indeterminate state', and that we ought to reject attempts to define death in terms of whole-brain death or any other type of brain death, including cerebral death and 'irreversible coma'. Instead of 'fiddling with the definition of death' clear rules should be established specifying 'what can be appropriately done to whom when'. ER -