On Dying More Than One Death

Hastings Center Report 16 (1):12-17 (1986)
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Death (with a capital D) can best be understood as a series of distinct but related deaths. For example, a pregnant woman was found to be brain‐dead but her vital functions were artificially sustained for nine weeks until her fetus could be delivered, after which the machines were removed and she died a second, conceptually distinct death. This procedure is probably justifiable, but any legislation or policy regarding such cases should be flexible and should require consent.

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