Ethical Controversies in the Adriana Smith Brain Death Case: Digging in Deeper by Missing Fundamental Ethical Points

American Journal of Bioethics 26 (1):57-59 (2026)
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In this commentary I address errors and omissions made in the target article discussing the case of a pregnant woman diagnosed with brain death (BD) who had life-support continued until a viable fe...

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The intractable problems with brain death and possible solutions.Ari R. Joffe, Gurpreet Khaira & Allan R. de Caen - 2021 - Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine 16 (1):1-27.

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