Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF – Brain Death, Coma, Vegetative State: What Are the Differences?

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Dr. Cynthia Pan is the Chief of the Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Care Medicine at Queens Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. With more than 20 years of experience in hospice and palliative care, Dr. Pan would like to share with everyone the difference between brain death, coma, and vegetative states.
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