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. 2003 Jun;29(3):201-2; author reply 202.

doi: 10.1136/jme.29.3.201.

A definition of human death should not be related to organ transplants

C Machado¹

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¹ Cuban Commission for the Definition and Determination of Death, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Apartado 4268, Havana 10400, Cuba. braind@infomed.sld.cu

PMID: 12796446
PMCID: PMC1733732
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.3.201

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A definition of human death should not be related to organ transplants

C Machado. J Med Ethics. 2003 Jun.

. 2003 Jun;29(3):201-2; author reply 202.

doi: 10.1136/jme.29.3.201.

Author

C Machado¹

Affiliation

¹ Cuban Commission for the Definition and Determination of Death, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Apartado 4268, Havana 10400, Cuba. braind@infomed.sld.cu

PMID: 12796446
PMCID: PMC1733732
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.3.201

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