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Decapitation and the definition of death
- Correspondence to Dr Franklin G Miller, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892-1156, USA; fmiller{at}nih.gov
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Decapitation and the definition of death
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- Received December 21, 2009
- Revised May 5, 2010
- Accepted May 17, 2010
- First published July 21, 2010.
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