Death concepts and brain death diagnostic criteria;Dos conceitos de morte aos critérios para O diagnóstico de morte encefálica

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 705-710

  Dantas Filho, Venâncio Pereira ^a,b,d   Sardinha, Luis Antonio Da Costa ^a,c   Falcão, Antonio Luis Eiras ^a,c   Araújo, Sebastião ^a,c   Terzi, Renato Giuseppe Giovanni ^a   Damasceno, Benito Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Neurocirurgia

^c Unidade de Terapia Intensiva

^d UNICAMP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain death; Diagnosis; Law; Protocol; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; HUMAN;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; HUMANS;

EID: 3142651353     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1996000400025     Document Type: Article

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