Table of Contents

Philosophical, Ethical, and Legal Issues.- Brain Death: Updating a Valid Concept for 2004.- The Concept of Brain Death.- The “Critical Organ” for the Organism as a Whole: Lessons from the Lowly Spinal Cord.- “Brain Death” Is Not Death.- The Conceptual Basis for Brain Death Revisited: Loss of Organic Integration or Loss of Consciousness?.- Consciousness, Mind, Brain, and Death.- The Death of Death.- The Semiotics of Death and Its Medical Implications.- About the Continuity of Our Consciousness.- Brain Death and Organ Transplantation: Concepts and Principles in Judaism.- Cuba Has Passed a Law for the Determination and Certification of Death.- Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Treatment.- Neuroprotection Becomes Reality: Changing Times for Cerebral Resuscitation.- Controlled Hypertension for Refractory High Intracranial Pressure.- On Irreversibility as a Prerequisite for Brain Death Determination.- How Should Testing for Apnea Be Performed in Diagnosing Brain Death?.- Evoked Potentials in the Diagnosis of Brain Death.- Recovery from Near Death following Cerebral Anoxia: A Case Report Demonstrating Superiority of Median Somatosensory Evoked Potentials over EEG in Predicting a Favorable Outcome after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- Human Brain-Dead Donors and 31P MRS Studies on Feline Myocardial Energy Metabolism.- Organ Donation after Fatal Poisoning: An Update with Recent Literature Data.- The ABC of PVS: Problems of Definition.- Brain Function in the Vegetative State.- Global Neurodynamics and Deep Brain Stimulation: Appreciating the Perspectives of Place and Process.- Honoring Treatment Preferences near the End of Life: The Oregon Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program.- Palliative Sedation in Terminally Ill Patients.