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Complexity of defining death: organismal death does not mean the cessation of all biological life
- Correspondence to Dr Melissa Moschella, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York 10021, USA; moschella{at}cua.edu
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Complexity of defining death: organismal death does not mean the cessation of all biological life
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- Received June 12, 2017
- Accepted July 11, 2017
- First published August 26, 2017.
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October 24, 2017
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