The intractable problems with brain death and possible solutions

Abstract Brain death has been accepted worldwide medically and legally as the biological state of death of the organism. Nevertheless, the literature has described persistent problems with this acceptance ever since brain death was described. Many of these problems are not widely known or properly u...

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Main Authors: Ari R. Joffe, Gurpreet Khaira, Allan R. de Caen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-021-00107-9