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Publications

The meaning of brain death: a different view.

Robert D. Truog
Truog RD, Miller FG.
Fri, 08/01/2014 - 12:00
JAMA Intern Med
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24911444

Apologies in medicine: legal protection is not enough.

Robert D. Truog
McLennan S, Rich LE, Truog RD.
Tue, 03/17/2015 - 12:00
CMAJ
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25070986

Physicians, medical ethics, and execution by lethal injection.

Robert D. Truog
Truog RD, Cohen IG, Rockoff MA.
Wed, 06/18/2014 - 12:00
JAMA
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24842282

Measuring the quality of dying and death in the pediatric intensive care setting: the clinician PICU-QODD.

Robert D. Truog
Sellers DE, Dawson R, Cohen-Bearak A, Solomond MZ, Truog RD.
Thu, 01/01/2015 - 12:00
J Pain Symptom Manage
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24878067

Defining death: the importance of scientific candor and transparency.

Robert D. Truog
Truog RD, Miller FG.
Sun, 06/01/2014 - 12:00
Intensive Care Med
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24807081

Changing the conversation about brain death.

Robert D. Truog
Truog RD, Miller FG.
Wed, 01/01/2014 - 12:00
Am J Bioeth
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25046286

Futile treatments in intensive care units.

Robert D. Truog
Truog RD, White DB.
Mon, 11/11/2013 - 12:00
JAMA Intern Med
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24018420

Family participation during intensive care unit rounds: attitudes and experiences of parents and healthcare providers in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit.

Robert D. Truog
Stickney CA, Ziniel SI, Brett MS, Truog RD.
Sat, 02/01/2014 - 12:00
J Pediatr
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24215826

Talking with patients about other clinicians' errors.

Robert D. Truog
Gallagher TH, Mello MM, Levinson W, Wynia MK, Sachdeva AK, Snyder Sulmasy L, Truog RD, Conway J, Mazor K, Lembitz A, Bell SK, Sokol-Hessner L, Shapiro J, Puopolo AL, Arnold R.
Thu, 10/31/2013 - 12:00
N Engl J Med
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171522

The dead-donor rule and the future of organ donation.

Robert D. Truog
Truog RD, Miller FG, Halpern SD.
Thu, 10/03/2013 - 12:00
N Engl J Med
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088088
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