Irreversible apnoeic coma 35 years later: Towards a more rigorous definition of brain death?
Irreversible apnoeic coma 35 years later: Towards a more rigorous definition of brain death?
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Heidelberg: Springer
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The concept of brain death (BD) has been widely accepted by medical and lay communities in the Western world and is the basis of policies of organ retrieval for transplantation from brain-dead donors. Nevertheless, concerns still exist over various aspects of the clinical condition it refers to. They include the utilitarian origin of the concept, t...
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Irreversible apnoeic coma 35 years later: Towards a more rigorous definition of brain death?
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_66869586
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_66869586
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0342-4642
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1432-1238
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10.1007/s00134-003-2106-3
