Pro/con ethics debate: When is dead really dead?

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 538-542

  Whetstine, Leslie ^a   Streat, Stephen ^b   Darwin, Mike ^c   Crippen, David ^d  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; VITAL SIGN; ADULT; ASYSTOLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMODYNAMICS; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; PROGNOSIS;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31744441631     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3894     Document Type: Review

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