The Muddied Understanding of Brain Death

J Pediatr Intensive Care 2017; 06(04): 227-228
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1604011

Foreword

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Authors

Mark J. McDonald

¹Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Norton Children's Hospital, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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