 International Network
for the
Definition of Death
Founded by Dr. Calixto Machado of Cuba, and Alan Weisbard of the
USA, the Network is an affiliate of the International
Association of Bioethics devoted to the discussion of the
ethical and medical issues associated with:
- diagnosis and differentiation of brain death, coma, and
persistent vegetative state
- differentiation of anencephaly and other severe
neurological deficits from brain death
- organ transplantation and termination of treatment
decisions for the brain-dead and neurologically impaired
- philosophical issues of personhood and rights related to
the status of the brain dead and neurologically impaired
After its foundation in 1996 we held its 1st International Symposium in
Havana, during the Second International symposium on Brain Death (Havana). Its
2nd International Symposium was held during your IAB World Congress in San
Francisco (co-chaired by Calixto Machado and Stuart Youngner). The 3rd
International Meeting was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the IAB World
Congress. The 4th International Meeting was held in Havana, in 2000, during the
4th International Symposium on Coma and Death. |
Meetings of the Network, and
International Symposia on Brain
Death
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Symposium on Disorders of Consciousness
Cienfuegos, Cuba
March 15-16, 2010
To discuss issues related to disturbances of consciousness and the
management of persistent vegetative and minimally conscious states,
including cases such as Terry Schiavo. |
Call for Proposals |
5th
International Symposium of the Definition of Death Network
Varadero Beach, Cuba
May 20-23, 2008 |
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4th International Symposium
on Coma and Death
Havana, March 9-12, 2004 |
Program and Abstracts |
3rd International Symposium
on Coma and Death
Havana, February 22-25, 2000 |
Program |
Abstracts |
Network Meeting
- San Francisco, Nov. 25, 1996
As a satellite meeting of the III World Congress of Bioethics,
we held the Second International Meeting of the Network on
Defining Death on Monday, 25 Nov. 1996, in San Francisco
immediately following the III
World Congress of Bioethics (22-24 Nov.). |
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2nd International Symposium
on Brain Death
Havana,
February 27 - March 1, 1996
During that Symposium the First International Meeting of the
Network on Defining Death was held. The proceedings of the Meeting have been published in a volume
called Brain
Death. Editor: Calixto
Machado MD, 1995, Elsevier |
Program |
Abstracts |
First International Symposium on Brain Death
Havana,
September 22-25, 1992
Reflections on the First International
Symposium on Brain Death by Machado Calixto MD |
Program |
Abstracts |
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