Open AccessDetermination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria in Countries in Asia and the Pacific
Author(s) -
Ariane Lewis,
Jordan Liebman,
Azza Bakkar,
Elana Kreiger-Benson,
Andrew Kumpfbeck,
Sam D. Shemie,
Gene Sung,
Sylvia Torrance,
David M. Greer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical neurology/the journal of clinical neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2005-5013
pISSN - 1738-6586
DOI - 10.3988/jcn.2020.16.3.480
Subject(s) - asia pacific , medicine , cause of death , discontinuation , developing country , psychiatry , pathology , business , economic growth , international trade , disease , economics
We sought to 1) identify countries in Asia and the Pacific that have protocols for the determination of brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) and 2) review the similarities and differences of these protocols in different countries.