"Brain death" is not death

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 550, Issue , 2004, Pages 43-49

  Byrne, Paul A ^a,b,c   Weaver, Walt F ^d  

^a Toledo OH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c Univ of Nebraska School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BRAIN DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFE; ORGAN DONOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1842589282     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-306-48526-8_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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