A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and EthicsE. Mellen Press, 1990 - 508 Seiten This study examines death and its impact on human thinking from a biological and historical viewpoint. It finds that fear of death is the motive behind the human need to accomplish anything. It also discusses care of the terminally ill, mercy killing, suicide, and the death penalty. |
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... complete mydriasis ( extreme dilatation of the pupil of the eye ) ; ( 2 ) complete absence of reflexes ; ( 3 ) complete absence of spontaneous ventilation during five minutes without ventilatory support ; ( 4 ) falling blood pressure ...
... complete mydriasis ( extreme dilatation of the pupil of the eye ) ; ( 2 ) complete absence of reflexes ; ( 3 ) complete absence of spontaneous ventilation during five minutes without ventilatory support ; ( 4 ) falling blood pressure ...
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... complete canon of Buddhist books preserved in Sanskrit . The earliest systematic and most complete collection of early Buddhist sacred literature is a text in Pali , written around the first century A.D. from an oral tradition that goes ...
... complete canon of Buddhist books preserved in Sanskrit . The earliest systematic and most complete collection of early Buddhist sacred literature is a text in Pali , written around the first century A.D. from an oral tradition that goes ...
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... complete destruction of the brain is kept alive by a machine . He is totally devoid of any feeling , in a state of permanent irreversible coma , and there is absolutely no hope of recovery . Confronted with such a situation , we would ...
... complete destruction of the brain is kept alive by a machine . He is totally devoid of any feeling , in a state of permanent irreversible coma , and there is absolutely no hope of recovery . Confronted with such a situation , we would ...
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Man and death | 3 |
Death as a natural phenomenon | 37 |
Death and philosophy | 75 |
Urheberrecht | |
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A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and Ethics Plinio Prioreschi Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1990 |
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