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Dec 2020

How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses

Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH
For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.

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