Redefining Death - Traditional Definition Of Death, A New Criterion For Death, The Government Redefines Death, The Near-death ExperienceAdditional TopicsRedefining Death - A New Criterion For DeathAdvances in medical science have complicated the definition of death. Life-saving measures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or defibrillation (electrical shock) can restart cardiac activity. The development of the mechanical respirator in the 1950s also prompted a change in the concept of death. An unconscious patient, unable to breathe without assistance, could be kept alive with a res… Redefining Death - The Government Redefines DeathIn 1981, pursuant to the provision of Public Law 95-622, the President's Commission published Defining Death: Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues in the Determination of Death (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office). In its report to President Ronald Reagan and the Congress, the Commission proposed a model statute, the Uniform Determination of Death Act, the guidelines of which woul… Redefining Death - The Near-death ExperienceThe term "near-death experience" was first used by Dr. Raymond Moody in Life after Life (Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1976), a compilation of interviews with people who claimed to have come back from the dead. A decade earlier, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross investigated out-of-body episodes recounted by her patients. The near-death experience is not a phenomenon limited to modern tim… Citing this materialPlease include a link to this page if you have found this material useful for research or writing a related article. Content on this website is from high-quality, licensed material originally published in print form. You can always be sure you're reading unbiased, factual, and accurate information. Highlight the text below, right-click, and select “copy”. Paste the link into your website, email, or any other HTML document.
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