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Other Important Works

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• Manara, A., et al., 2020, “Maintaining the Permanence Principle for Death During in Situ Normothermic Regional Perfusion for Donation After Circulatory Death Organ Recovery: A United Kingdom and Canadian Proposal,” American Journal of Transplantation, 20: 2017–2025. (Scholar)
• McMahan, J., 2006, “An Alternative to Brain Death,” Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, 34: 44–48. (Scholar)
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• Pallis, C., 1983, The ABC of Brain Death, London: British Medical Journal Publishers. (Scholar)
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