Israel's new brain-respiratory death act: One step forward or two steps backward?

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 299-306

  Sperling, Daniel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Brain death; Brain respiratory death; Cardiac death; Israel; Personhood; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ISRAEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 75649107555     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2009.20.3-4.299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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