The concept of brain death did not evolve to benefit organ transplants

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 197-200

  Machado, Calixto ^a   Korein, Julius ^b   Ferrer, Yazmina ^a   Portela, Liana ^a   Garcia, Maria de la C ^a   Manerp, José M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CADAVER; DOG; DONOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CADAVER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOGS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34147210699     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.016931     Document Type: Review

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