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008			171121s20122012nyc 000 u eng d
020			_a9780375423710
082	1		_a610 TER _2
100	1		_aTeresi, Dick
245	1	0	_aThe undead : _borgan harvesting, the ice-water test, beating-heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death _c/ Dick Teresi
260			_aNew York _b: Pantheon Books _c, 2012
300			_a350 p. _c; :22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aDeath is here to stay -- A history of death -- The brain-death revolution -- The new undead -- Netherworlds -- The near-death experience -- Postmodern death -- The moment of death and the search for self.
520			_aScience writer Dick Teresi examines how death is determined by the medical community and explores organ trafficking, brain death, and near-death experiences.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aDeath
650		4	_aDeath _x-Proof and certification
650		4	_aPersistent vegetative state
650		4	_aOrgan trafficking
942			_cMO
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