Brain death - Too flawed to endure, Too ingrained to abandon

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-281

  Truog, Robert D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 34249053803     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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