The declaration of Sydney on human death

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 699-703

  Machado, Calixto ^a   Korein, J ^b   Ferrer, Y ^c   Portela, L ^a   de la C Garcia M ^a   Chinchilla, M ^a   Machado, Y ^a   Manero, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PHILOSOPHY;

AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DEATH; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DEATH; HUMANS; THANATOLOGY;

EID: 37349131675     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.020685     Document Type: Article

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