Abstract
A little more than a decade ago, Willard Gaylin saw a frightening and unbelievable vision of the future: brain dead bodies,' maintained on artificial life supports and collected in large "bioemporiums," would replace embalmed cadavers for the purpose of medical research, therapy or education. Gaylin's vision gains credibility in light of recent advances in law and medicine. Biomorts, declared to be clinically' and legally dead, have none of the rights of a living subject but nearly all of the biological functions.' Thus, biomorts are ideal subjects for research; experiments on them are virtually risk free.
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Martyn, Susan R.
(1986)
"Using the Brain Dead for Medical Research,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1986:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1986/iss1/1