The meaning of brain death: A different view

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1215-1216

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

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BIOETHICS; BRAIN DEATH; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS;

EID: 84905828206     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.2272     Document Type: Note

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