The incoherence of determining death by neurological criteria: A commentary on controversies in the determination of death, a white paper by the president's council on bioethics

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-193

  Miller, Franklin G ^a   Truog, Robert D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOETHICS; BRAIN DEATH; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 68149172757     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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