Comment on "Worse Than Death: Survey of Public Perceptions of Disability Outcomes After Hypothetical Traumatic Brain Injury".

Ann Surg

Departments of Neurology and Surgery (Neurosurgery), The University of Chicago School of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, IL 60637.

Published: December 2021

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