Group 4 Death, Abortion, and Animal Welfare
CASE 3: THE MAN LIVING WITHOUT AHEARTSome year ago, a dentist named Barney Clarke was a heart patient atthe University of Utah, where clinicians were experimenting withartificial hearts. Since he was at death’s door and awaiting a hearttransplant, the physiciansremoved his heart and connected his aortaand veins back up to a Jarvik-7 artificial heart pump. Barney Clarkelived for four months on that artificial heart. At times he wasdoing quite well with this machine running next to him, pumping likea heart would pump blood. At times he would sit up in bed, even getout of bed and go for a stroll, pulling this machine along with himon a cart. If he is carrying on a conversation, smiling, anddiscussing things with those at his side, would anyone, evenbelievers in a definition of death focusing on heart function,consider him dead?
THE PROBLEM OFIRREVERSIBILITYFor an individual to be deadby this definition, thestoppage of bodily integrative function such ascirculatory and respiratory function must beirreversibleIt is very common but very wrong for clinicians andothers to refer to someone who has suffered a cardiacarrest and been successfully resuscitated as havingbeen “clinically dead.” Being dead means irreversibleloss of circulatory function
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CASE 3: THE MAN LIVING WITHOUT A
HEART
Some year ago, a dentist named Barney Clarke was a heart patient at
the University of Utah, where clinicians were experimenting with
artificial hearts. Since he was at death’s door and awaiting a heart
transplant, the physiciansremoved his heart and connected his aorta
and veins back up to a Jarvik-7 artificial heart pump. Barney Clarke
lived for four months on that artificial heart. At times he was
doing quite well with this machine running next to him, pumping like
a heart would pump blood. At times he would sit up in bed, even get
out of bed and go for a stroll, pulling this machine along with him
on a cart. If he is carrying on a conversation, smiling, and
discussing things with those at his side, would anyone, even
believers in a definition of death focusing on heart function,
consider him dead?
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