Accepting brain death

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 891-894

  Magnus, David C ^a   Wilfond, Benjamin S ^b   Caplan, Arthur L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOMEDICINE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; HEALTH BELIEF; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY; THERMOREGULATION;

BRAIN DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC POLICY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84895436329     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1400930     Document Type: Article

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