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The Death of Death

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Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 550))

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The current definitions of brain death are predicated on the prognostic observation that brain dead patients would quickly die even with intensive care. But this is now shown to be untrue.1–4 Neuroremediation technologies and advances in intensive care will make it increasingly possible to keep alive the bodies of patients who would currently be classified as brain dead, and recover much of the memories and capabilities that we currently consider irrecoverable.

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  1. Public Policy Studies, Trinity College, 71 Vernon St., Hartford, CT, 06106, USA

    James J. Hughes Ph.D.

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  1. Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana, Cuba

    Calixto Machado

  2. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

    D. Alan Shewmon

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Hughes, J.J. (2004). The Death of Death. In: Machado, C., Shewmon, D.A. (eds) Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 550. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48526-8_7

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