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Should we relax the definition of death or the dead donor rule?

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The authors thank Thomas Secrest for revision of the English version of this article. Supported by GAUK (Grant Agency of Charles University, Prague) project no. 253327.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital, U Nemocnice 2, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic

    K. Rusinova

  2. Institute for Medical Humanities, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    K. Rusinova

  3. Department of Philosophy and Ethics in Helping Professions, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

    J. Simek

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Rusinova, K., Simek, J. Should we relax the definition of death or the dead donor rule?. Intensive Care Med 40, 917–918 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3291-y

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