Visibly dead: On making brain death believable

Sky Gross; Shai Lavi; Edmond J. Safra

doi:10.1162/LEON_a_00904

Visibly dead: On making brain death believable

Sky Gross, Shai Lavi, Edmond J. Safra

Faculty of Law

Tel Aviv University

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The paper discusses the role of visualization technologies and instrumental devices in the acceptance of “brain death” with rabbinic bodies and the law in Israel. The authors suggest that technologies serve the traditional in the interplay between lay and technical epistemologies, namely where the “corpse” appears to be alive.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-79
Number of pages	2
Journal	Leonardo
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00904
State	Published - 20 Feb 2015

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Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Music
Computer Science Applications

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