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Historical Examples: Brain Death

Historical Examples: Brain Death

Written by Ibo van de Poel  In 1968 an ad hoc committee of the Harvard Medical School proposed criteria for brain death. Keulartz et al. (2002: 16) describe this introduction of the notion of ‘brain death’ as a redefinition of the notion of death with far-reaching...

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Historical Examples: Birth Control Pill

Historical Examples: Birth Control Pill

Written by: Ibo van de Poel An often discussed example of value change is the change in sexual morality due to the introduction of the birth control pill. This is often seen as a typical example of a value or moral change. For example, van der Burg (2003: 14)...

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