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Brain, Vol. 123, No. 2, 408-411, February 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

Book reviews

THE DEFINITION OF DEATH: CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES.

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Bryan Jennett

Glasgow, UK

This book about brain death is as much to do with legal and philosophical considerations, public attitudes and public policy as with clinical aspects. It arose out of a conference in 1995, but is much more scholarly and coherent than a conference proceedings—with authors referring to each others' chapters and the Editors writing an introductory commentary to each group of chapters. Each chapter has its own reference list and all are well written, making the book as a whole a rewarding read. Its focus is on the US, but there are chapters on specific public policy problems in Denmark, Germany and Japan.

The Editors' introduction to the whole book raises the possibility that the public consensus following the report of the President's Commission might be about to deconstruct. The threat is from debates about whole brain, higher brain and brainstem definitions, and when death occurs, although they acknowledge that there . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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