出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：Determining the precise moment of death has always been a difficult problem. Traditional and contemporary attempts to justify legally accepted standards for death determination have been based on social interests —particularly related, more recently, to organ transplantation policies. Legally accepted criteria for declaring death still lack both conceptual and scientific support. In this context of absence of consensus about the exact location of the boundary between life and death, this article aims to address the following issues: How can we define death? Is the task of determining death strictly based on facts, or do values also play a role? Should brain death be equated to death? What role should bioethics play in the debates related to death determination and organ procurement?
关键词：Death determination;Organ transplantation;Gradualism;Pluralism;Definition of death;Brain death;Bioethics;Determinación de la muerte;Trasplantes de órganos;Gradualismo;Pluralismo;Definición de la muerte;Muerte cerebral;Bioética
