Cuba has passed a law for the determination and certification of death

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 550, Issue , 2004, Pages 139-142

  Machado, Calixto ^a   Abeledo, Mayda ^a   Álvarez, Carlos ^a   Aroche, Rosa M ^a   Barrios, Irene ^a   Lasanta, Alicia M ^a   Beguería, Ramón ^a   Cabrera, Armando ^a   Castro, Berta L ^a   Cobas, Maria E ^a   Cuspineda, Enma ^a   Enamorado, Antonio ^a   Fernández, Nicolás ^a   Figueredo, Pedro ^a   García, Orlando D ^a   García, Tania ^a   Gómez, Nelson ^a   González, Carlos ^a   González, Noel ^a   González, Jorge ^a   González, Armando ^a   Herrera, Raúl ^a   Lage, Jorge ^a   Martínez, Alberto ^a   Pardo, Armando ^a   Parets, Jesús ^a   Pérez, Leonardo ^a   Pérez, Jésus ^a   Pons, Margarita ^a   Pozo, Desiderio ^a   Rojas, Ibis ^a   Román, José M ^a   Roselló, Héctor ^a   Ruiz, René ^a   Santiago, Aquilino ^a   Sordo, Sofía ^a   Suárez, Roberto ^a   Zamora, Rene ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CERTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUBA; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GOVERNMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST;

EID: 12144289875     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-306-48526-8_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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