Brain Death-Moving Beyond Consistency in the Diagnostic Criteria

JAMA. 2020 Sep 15;324(11):1045-1047. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.11665.

Authors

Robert D Truog^{1

2}, Kandamaran Krishnamurthy^{3

4}, Robert C Tasker^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, St Michael, Barbados.
⁴ Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.
⁵ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 32761165
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.11665

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research
Brain Death / diagnosis*
Brain Stem / physiopathology
Humans
Internationality
United Kingdom
United States