Beyond Brain Death: The Case Against Brain Based Criteria for Human DeathAuthor: Michael Potts, Paul A. Byrne, Richard G. Nilges Published by Springer Netherlands ISBN: 978-0-7923-6578-5 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-46882-4Table of Contents:Introduction: Beyond Brain Death Brain Death—the Patient, the Physician, and Society Metaphysical Misgivings about “Brain Death” Pro-Life Support of the Whole Brain Death Criterion: A Problem of Consistency The Demise of “Brain Death” in Britain Brain Stem Death: A United Kingdom Anaesthetist’s View Brain Death and Cardiac Transplantation: Historical Background and Unsettled Controversies in Japan Philosophical and Cultural Attitudes Against Brain Death and Organ Transplantation in Japan Brain Death and Euthanasia The Moment of Death and the Morally Safer Path A Narrative Case Against Brain Death Organ Transplantation, Brain Death and the Slippery Slope: A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective, Includes bibliographical references and indexes