ENGLISH

Brain Death: A Reappraisal

By Calixto Machado (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2007
ISBN
978-0-387-38975-2, 978-0-387-38977-6
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-38977-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7573116 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
223\236
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-19 18:45:07
Neurosciences

Description

This text is intended to provide an overview of brain death. The topics explored in this book are the concept and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with some consciousness disturbances, and the legal considerations of human death.

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