Exam 6: Death and Dying

Which of the following best approximates the criteria of death adopted by the US Uniform Determination of Death Act?

Which of the following best characterizes the permanent vegetative state? The permanent loss of function in

Which of the following best approximates the organismic definition of death for all living organisms?

That patients in PVS may retain most of the outward signs of being alive (such as body temperature, pulse, and unassisted respiration) is an objection to which criterion of death?

Discuss three types of disorders of consciousness and explain why consciousness might be a matter of degree.

Give a reason for, and one against, each of the four accounts of death presented in this chapter.

Which of the following best characterizes the vegetative state? It is the state of a human organism that has temporarily or permanently lost all function in

Which of the following measures have been proposed as a solution to the organ-procurement problem?

Higher-brain theorists have argued that, from the perspective of the patient, there is no difference between being in PVS and being dead. Yet for the law there is a significant difference. For example, a patient in PVS could have potential heirs but a dead person couldn't. Who is right and why?

Given expert knowledge about medicine and ballistics, a person who has permanently lost cardiac activity as a result of a massive gunshot wound can remain conscious for at least five to fifteen seconds. Which of the following is true in that situation? The person is

Which of the following claims best captures an objection to Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) programs?

Which of the following criterion of death is focused on the permanent loss of psychological capacity?

Evidence that the permanent loss of the function in the entire brain is not sufficient for organismic death is an objection to which lawful criterion of death in the US?

State the organismic definition of death and explain how whole-brain theorists use it.

When a patient has assisted cardiopulmonary function but has permanently lost function of the entire brain, that patient is

For some, words such as 'death' and 'dead' are ambiguous. For others, they have just one meaning but can be used metaphorically. What would you say about this debate? Illustrate your answer with examples.

According the higher-brain criterion, what determines the death of a person is the permanent cessation of function in

By "necessary condition for a human to be dead" is meant a condition such that

Which of the following definitions of human death is incompatible with the organismic definition of death?

Which of the following is true of the brainstem criterion of death? That at present, it yields the same determinations of death as those yielded by