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Description for Brain Death
Hardback. Presents an overview of the processes of brain death. This book explores the concepts and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, and bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with some consciousness disturbances. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 537.
This text is intended to provide an overview of brain death. The topics explored in this book are the concept and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with some consciousness disturbances, and the legal considerations of human death.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387389752
SKU
V9780387389752
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Brain Death
From the reviews: "This is a single author monograph describing recent work culminating in the contemporary approach to diagnosis of brain death. … Neurologists, neurosurgeons, intensivists, and transplanters are an appropriate audience for this work … . Black-and-white line drawings are done well and a selection of good color plates is grouped together. … This ... Read more