- New
-
Topics
- All Categories
- Metaphysics and Epistemology
- Value Theory
- Science, Logic, and Mathematics
- Science, Logic, and Mathematics
- Logic and Philosophy of Logic
- Philosophy of Biology
- Philosophy of Cognitive Science
- Philosophy of Computing and Information
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Philosophy of Physical Science
- Philosophy of Social Science
- Philosophy of Probability
- General Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Science, Misc
- History of Western Philosophy
- Philosophical Traditions
- Philosophy, Misc
- Other Academic Areas
- Journals
- Submit material
- More
An explanation and analysis of how world religions formulate their ethical decisions on withdrawing treatment and determining death
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 10:6 (2015)
Abstract
This paper explores definitions of death from the perspectives of several world and indigenous religions, with practical application for health care providers in relation to end of life decisions and organ and tissue donation after death. It provides background material on several traditions and explains how different religions derive their conclusions for end of life decisions from the ethical guidelines they profferLinks
PhilArchive
External links
(no proxy)
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server
Through your library
- Sign in / register and customize your OpenURL resolver
- Configure custom resolver
My notes
Similar books and articles
At the Crossroads of Culture and Medicine: Navigating Brain Death and Organ Donation Ethics in Contemporary India.Shibu Sasidharan, Shalendra Singh, Harpreet Dhillon, Divya Sinha, Tarun Yadav & Vignesh Jayaprakash - 2026 - Developing World Bioethics 26 (1):5-10.
End-of-Life Care and Organ Donation: Rethinking Legislative Separation.Jed Adam Gross - 2025 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 53 (4):549-551.
Ethical debate over organ donation in the context of brain death.Mary Jiang Bresnahan & Kevin Mahler - 2008 - Bioethics 24 (2):54-60.
Controlled Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death: A Scoping Review of Ethical Issues, Key Concepts, and Arguments.Nicholas Murphy, Charles Weijer, Maxwell Smith, Jennifer Chandler, Erika Chamberlain, Teneille Gofton & Marat Slessarev - 2021 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 49 (3):418-440.
Transitions in decision-making authority at the end of life: a problem of law, ethics and practice in deceased donation.Shih-Ning Then & Dominique E. Martin - 2022 - Journal of Medical Ethics 48 (2):112-117.
Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment and Organ Donation After Circulatory Death: Consequences of Legislative Separation.Claire O’Callaghan & Brendan Parent - forthcoming - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics:1-9.
Jewish Perspectives on End-of-Life Decisions.Elliot N. Dorff - 2019 - In Timothy D. Knepper, Lucy Bregman & Mary Gottschalk, Death and Dying : An Exercise in Comparative Philosophy of Religion. Cham: Springer Verlag. pp. 145-167.
Imminent Death Donation: Ethical and Practical Policy Considerations.Jordan Potter - 2018 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 46 (2):524-537.
Death, Dying, and Organ Donation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life.Franklin G. Miller & Robert D. Truog - 2011 - , US: Oxford University Press.
Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment.Franklin G. Miller & Robert D. Truog - 2011 - In Franklin G. Miller & Robert D. Truog, Death, Dying, and Organ Donation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life. , US: Oxford University Press. pp. 1-25.
Analytics
Added to PP
2015-03-11
Downloads
128 (#353,885)
6 months
24 (#431,277)
2015-03-11
Downloads
128 (#353,885)
6 months
24 (#431,277)
Historical graph of downloads
Citations of this work
Frequency of use of the religious exemption in New Jersey cases of determination of brain death.Rachel Grace Son & Susan M. Setta - 2018 - BMC Medical Ethics 19 (1):1-6.
KARUṆĀ AND THE RIGHT-TO-TRY ACT FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS: ETHICAL AND RELIGIOUS ANALYSIS.Ikechukwu Monday Osebor - 2026 - UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities 26 (1):18-26.
In search of religious individuals’ career success pattern: “to be rich but not only for me”.Jaya Addin Linando & Wolfgang Mayrhofer - 2024 - Asian Journal of Business Ethics 13 (1):51-78.
Rethinking Death: A Philosophical and Biomedical Model of Ontological Priority.la Shun L. Carroll - forthcoming - Philosophy and Realistic Reflection.
Withdrawal of treatment in a pediatric intensive care unit at a Children’s Hospital in China: a 10-year retrospective study.Huaqing Liu, Dongni Su, Xubei Guo, Yunhong Dai, Xingqiang Dong, Qiujiao Zhu, Zhenjiang Bai, Ying Li & Shuiyan Wu - 2020 - BMC Medical Ethics 21 (1):1-9.
References found in this work
An introduction to Buddhist ethics: foundations, values, and issues.Peter Harvey - 2000 - New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Islamic biomedical ethics: principles and application.Abdulaziz Sachedina - 2009 - New York: Oxford University Press.
A Matter of Respect: A Defense of the Dead Donor Rule and of a "Whole-Brain" Criterion for Determination of Death.G. Khushf - 2010 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 35 (3):330-364.
Try MATCHA Writer if you're interested in citing directly from PhilPapers and certifying your authorship.
This site uses cookies and Google Analytics (see our terms & conditions for details regarding the privacy implications). Use of this site is subject to terms & conditions.
All rights reserved by The PhilPapers Foundation