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A 7 page review of the evolution in the way we define death. This paper suggests technology has played a critical role in that definition. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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in the article "The unsettled question of brain death". Illuminating the criteria that define death, Monahan (2001) introduces the topic of brain death. He points out that in
most developed countries brain function, or the lack thereof, takes precedence over heart and respiratory function in defining death. The topic of death, of course, is one that is
not pleasant to most. Never-the-less it is a topic deserved of detailed analysis considering the rapid technological evolution that we have experienced in recent years. Technology might be
viewed not only in its role in defining death but quite possibly in its role in encouraging the pronouncement of death. Monahans discussion
on death is centered in part around the work of Margaret Lock, author of "Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death". The possibility of organ removal
is indeed an important criteria in defining death. In the United States and Canada all that is required for organ removal is "reasonable certainty" that it would have been
the individuals wish to donate his or her organs. In several European countries this concept is taken a step further. Presumed consent allows organ removal unless that removal
was specifically forbidden by the individual from whom they would be harvested. An obvious prerequisite for organ removal in either the
U.S., Canada, or Europe, of course, is that the individual in question be dead. This is defined on the basis of brain death, a definition that Lock contends is
a matter of cultural convenience rather than being based on any sort of credible scientific criteria (Monahan, 2001). Organs are desperately needed to save the lives of patients that
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