The Concept of Death and Deceased Organ Donation
An individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brainstem is dead. A person is not dead unless his brain is dead. The time-honored criteria of stoppage of the heartbe...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Avicenna Organ Transplantation Institute
2010
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4089217/ |