Una reformulación completa y precisa de la muerte humana

The Unity of the Human Person: A Central Concept in the Interface between Medicine and Theology

“…The term also refers to man inasmuch as he lives only in a self-centered dimension without opening to the other and to God. This term also marks the bodily condition of man, the body-man (Greek: soma ), 1–9 the man as a whole, in his relations with the others; it can frequently be translated as “I”. It is close to the meaning of our concept of personality.…”

“…It is coincident with the understanding of death as an event or transition between the process of dying and the process of disintegration. 38,39 This is sustained on neurological, legal, social and religious grounds.’” 1–5,22,38–40…”

“…Errors and oversimplifications have not been infrequent concerning this issue. Let us summarize them: 1–5…”

“…Therefore, there is a requirement for a precise understanding of its foundation in a biomedical context. 1–5 For example, dementia, “vegetative” states, severe encephalopathies, etc, are complex medical conditions that lead to a deep reflection about the very essence of human life. It goes beyond neurology to the fields of philosophy, theology, bioethics and other disciplines.…”

“…The confluence of these aspects will delineate an integrating rationale based on what, in the author's view, constitutes the neurological core of personhood. 1–5 Remarkably, these different sources of knowledge can be finely articulated to shed new light on this central issue. This provides a new theoretical frame to elaborate a number of fundamental philosophical and ethical problems.…”