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Do the ‘brain dead’ merely appear to be alive?
- Correspondence to Dr Michael Nair-Collins, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, 1115 W. Call St., Tallahassee FL 32306, Florida, USA; michael.nair-collins{at}med.fsu.edu
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Do the ‘brain dead’ merely appear to be alive?
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- Received August 6, 2016
- Revised April 19, 2017
- Accepted May 14, 2017
- First published August 28, 2017.
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October 24, 2017
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