Inventing a new death and making it believable

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-115

  Lock, Margaret ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREATHING; CADAVER; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINE; NURSE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036705551     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364847022000029705     Document Type: Review

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