The edge of life

• Autores: Richard Huxtable
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2953, 2014, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In many countries, the loss of function in the brainstem--the part of the brain that controls automatic functions such as breathing--means the loss of life: the person is clinically and legally considered dead. At this point, apart from temporary maintenance of the body for organ donation purposes, life support will be withdrawn. Here, Huxtable muses on whether life's cut-off point is in need of a rethinking.