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Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria–The World Brain Death Project

Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria–The World Brain Death Project

FromJAMA Author Interviews


Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria–The World Brain Death Project

FromJAMA Author Interviews

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The World Brain Death Project was undertaken to establish minimum standards for diagnosing brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) in children and adults across a broad range of settings and clinical circumstances. In this Q&A, senior authors of the 2020 report join an editorialist and bioethicist to discuss the project. Featuring interviews with Gene Sung, MD, of the University of Southern California; Ariane Lewis, MD, of NYU Langone Medical Center; Robert Tasker, MD, of the University of Cambridge; and Robert D. Truog, MD, of Harvard University. Related Article(s): Brain Death—Moving Beyond Consistency in the Diagnostic Criteria
Released:
Aug 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Interviews with leading researchers and thinkers in health care about practice-changing research, innovations, and the most pressing issues facing medicine and health care today from JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.