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The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death

The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death

FromJAMA Author Interviews


The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death

FromJAMA Author Interviews

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

JAMA Executive Editor Greg Curfman, MD, speaks with Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, director of the Harvard Center for Bioethics, who describes the 2 approaches to the determination of death (cardiovascular death and brain death) and discusses the possibility that the determination of brain death may soon undergo substantial change, with important implications for organ transplantation. Related Content: The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death
Released:
Mar 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.