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Medical ethics, logic traps, and game theory: an illustrative tale of brain death
- Correspondence to: Dr J E Riggs Department of Neurology, PO Box 9180, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, WV 26506-9180, USA; jriggswvu.edu
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Medical ethics, logic traps, and game theory: an illustrative tale of brain death
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- Accepted February 28, 2003
- Revised February 15, 2003
- First published August 2, 2004.
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August 02, 2004
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