Law and the Life Sciences
Defining Death: There Ought to Be a Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20335832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George J Annas (0000-0001-5836-7831, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20 |
| Publication date | 1983-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3561547 |
| PMID | 6841061 |
| OpenAlex | W1494319861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Annas, a professor of health law, asserts that adoption by states of the Uniform Determination of Death Act or of any brain death legislation is unnecessary because such statutes merely codify existing common law. He reassures physicians concerned about legal liability that determination of death based on accepted medical standards satisfies legal requirements
Legislation · Liability · Medical law · Political science · Statute · Ethics in Clinical Research · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Organ Donation and Transplantation
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 1986 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |