Are we equal in death?: Avoiding diagnostic error in brain death

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Laureys, Steven ^a   Fins, Joseph J ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38549176104     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000303264.66049.c1     Document Type: Article

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