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Informed consent for the diagnosis of brain death: a conceptual argument

BACKGROUND: This essay provides an ethical and conceptual argument for the use of informed consent prior to the diagnosis of brain death. It is meant to enable the family to make critical end-of-life decisions, particularly withdrawal of life support system and organ donation, before brain death is...

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Autor principal: Muramoto, Osamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27737717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13010-016-0042-4