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. 2018 May 8;319(18):1859-1860.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.3441.

Defining Death-Making Sense of the Case of Jahi McMath

Robert D Truog^{1

2}

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 29630700
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.3441

Defining Death-Making Sense of the Case of Jahi McMath

Robert D Truog. JAMA. 2018.

. 2018 May 8;319(18):1859-1860.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.3441.

Author

Robert D Truog^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 29630700
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.3441

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