Do people accept brain death as death? A study in Brazil.

BACKGROUND: Although the term brain death has been clinically and legally accepted as a death criterion, few data are published about public attitudes and beliefs concerning this topic. OBJECTIVES: To examine public understanding of brain death and how the term brain death affects decisions about or...

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Publicado en:Progress in Transplantation Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 63 - 68
Autores principales: Tessmer CS, da Silva AR, Barcellos FC, Araujo CL, da Costa JD, Bohlke M
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Mar2007
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