The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death cover
The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
by Dick Teresi
Description: The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death examines how medical professionals define death amid advances in treatment, including organ transplantation and brain function testing
ISBN: 9781400096114
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elevation · 2025-10-26 · Original thread
The Undead by Dick Teresi [0] gives an eye opening exposition of the history of the science, policy, and players of modern organization donation. His book predates the current fracas.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Undead-Harvesting-Ice-Water-Beating-H...

forrestbrazeal · 2016-11-11 · Original thread
For a lot more on this topic than you ever wanted to know, I highly recommend Dick Teresi's "Brain Dead". It's a scary and fascinating look at the so-called "death determination" industry that addresses one of our society's least-asked questions: in an era of unprecedented medical skill and technology, who draws the line between life and death, why do they draw it there, and how much are they getting paid?

https://www.amazon.com/Undead-Harvesting-Ice-Water-Beating-H...