Current considerations in the issue of brain death

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1222-1227

  Powner, David J ^a,b   Darby, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rutland Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Organ procurement; Organ transplantation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; FAMILY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032754303     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199911000-00042     Document Type: Article

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