title: Death and reductionism: a reply to John F Catherwood.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Manchester University.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lamb
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D028723:Personhood; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012249:Rhombencephalon / Q000503:physiopathology*; D028725:Theology