@article{ref1,
title="Death as an event: a commentary on Robert Morison",
journal="Science",
year="1971",
author="Kass, L. R.",
volume="173",
number="998",
pages="698-702",
abstract="1) We have no need to abandon either the concept of death as an event or the efforts to set forth reasonable criteria for determining that a man has indeed died. 2) We need to recover both an attitude that is more accepting of death and a greater concern for the human needs of the dying patient. But we should not contaminate these concerns with the interests of relatives, potential transplant recipients, or &quot;society.&quot; To do so would be both wrong and dangerous. 3) We should pause to note some of the heavy costs of technological progress in medicine: the dehumanization of the end of life, both for those who die and for those who live on; and the befogging of the minds of intelligent and moral men with respect to the most important human matters.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-8075",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}