Abstract

Life and Death: Stories of a Heart Transplant Patient

Louis J. Sirico Jr.
Villanova University School of Law

Real Property Probate and Trust Journal, Vol. 37, Fall 2002

Abstract:
This article argues that members of the legal profession and other lawmakers cannot fully understand end-of-life directives without experiencing death and dying first-hand. The author provides several short stories about his experiences with a defective heart, cardiac arrest, and subsequent heart transplant to warn readers not to treat end-of-life directives as conclusive statements of a patient's wishes.

Keywords: organ transplant, heart transplant, death end-of-life directives

Accepted Paper Series

Date posted: March 03, 2003 ; Last revised: March 03, 2003

Suggested Citation

Sirico, Louis J., Life and Death: Stories of a Heart Transplant Patient. Real Property Probate and Trust Journal, Vol. 37, Fall 2002. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=382280

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Louis J. Sirico Jr. (Contact Author)

Villanova University School of Law ( email )

299 N. Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085
United States
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