{"product_id":"the-undead-organ-harvesting-the-ice-water-test-beating-heart-cadavers-how-medicine-is-blurring-the-line-between-life-and-death-paperback","title":"The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDick Teresi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is death, and how do people in the medical profession determine it? In this fascinating examination of the increasingly blurred line between life and death, consciousness and unconsciousness, science journalist Dick Teresi introduces us to the coma specialists, organ transplant surgeons, ICU doctors, and many others who are faced with this issue daily. \u003ci\u003eThe Undead \u003c\/i\u003edescribes how death has been determined through the ages, beginning with the ancient Egyptians and leading to the 1968 Harvard Medical School paper that indirectly stated that death was not cardiopulmonary failure, but a \"loss of personhood\"--i.e., brain death. Teresi explores the consequences of new technologies that extend people's lives but which conflict with society's desire to see them declared dead before their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDick Teresi\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or coauthor of several books about science and technology, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe God Particle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science\u003c\/i\u003e, both selected as \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review notable books. He has been editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eScience Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLongevity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVQ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOmni\u003c\/i\u003e, of which he was also a cofounder, and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.01 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758610022688,"sku":"9781400096114","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7cfd9ac877d536d709638fd01fc06be4_9e7e267e-8b2f-4ec8-96b2-eb32f3617bb2.webp?v=1780130425","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-undead-organ-harvesting-the-ice-water-test-beating-heart-cadavers-how-medicine-is-blurring-the-line-between-life-and-death-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}