title: Taking Science Seriously in the Debate on Death and Organ Transplantation.
abstract: The effort to develop international guidelines for determination of death purports to start with an objective examination of the biology of death. So far, however, it is showing once again how moral and metaphysical claims about death masquerade as scientific facts.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nair-Collins
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D001926:Brain Death / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003210:Concept Formation; D003243:Consciousness; D003643:Death; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D009482:Neurophysiology; D009489:Neurosecretion; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011640:Public Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States