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The undead : organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating-heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death / Dick Teresi.

Teresi, Dick.
2012
RA1063 .T47 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
The undead : organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating-heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death / Dick Teresi.
Author
Teresi, Dick.
ISBN
9780375423710
0375423710
Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Description
xi, 350 pages ; 22 cm
Call Number
RA1063 .T47 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
610
Summary
Science writer Dick Teresi examines how death is determined by the medical community and explores organ trafficking, brain death, and near-death experiences.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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