Main Title |
Brain death : interrelated medical and social issues / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
New York Academy of Sciences, |
Year Published |
1978 |
OCLC Number |
04503293 |
ISBN |
0890720738; 9780890720738 |
Subjects |
Brain death--Congresses ;
Coma--Congresses ;
Death--Proof and certification--Congresses
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJEM |
Q11.N5 v.315 1978 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
11/08/1996 |
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Collation |
454 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents Notes |
pt. 1. General introduction -- pt. 2. Medical criteria for brain death -- pt. 3. Other comatose states -- pt. 4. Ancillary studies in diagnosis of brain death and pathologic findings -- pt. 5. Quality of survival in patients in chronic comas -- pt. 6. Ethical, social, philosophical, and religious factors -- pt. 7. Legislative problems of brain death, irreversible states, and the rights of the individual -- pt. 8. Problems related to the intensive care unit and organ transplantation. |