Really, most SINCERELY dead: Policy and procedure in the diagnosis of death by neurologic criteria

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1683-1686

  Shaner, D M ^a   Orr, R D ^a   Drought, T ^a   Miller, R B ^a   Siegel, M ^a  

^a KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; CALIFORNIA; CULTURE; DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; PHYSICIANS; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RELIGION;

EID: 6044259795     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000125281.49635.18     Document Type: Review

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