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PDFLaw, ethics, and medicine
Defining death: when physicians and families differ
- Correspondence to: Jacob M Appel Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, Brown University, 140 Claremont Ave #3D, New York, NY 10027, USA; jma38columbia.edu
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Defining death: when physicians and families differ
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- Received January 13, 2005
- Accepted January 19, 2005
- First published November 3, 2005.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2005 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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