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Bernat, J. L. 2009. Chronic consciousness disorders. Annual Review of Medicine 60: 381-92.

Bernat, J. L. 2008. The boundaries of organ donation after circulatory death. The New England Journal of Medicine 359, (7) (Aug 14): 669-71.

Bernat, J. L. 2008. Ethical issues in neurology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Bernat, J. L. 2008. How can we achieve uniformity in brain death determinations? Neurology 70, (4) (Jan 22): 252-3.

Bernat, J. L. 2008. Theresa Schiavo's tragedy and ours, too. Neurology 71, (13) (Sep 23): 964-5.

Bernat, J. L. 2006. Are organ donors after cardiac death really dead? The Journal of Clinical Ethics 17, (2) (Summer): 122-32.

Bernat, J. L. 2006. Chronic disorders of consciousness. Lancet 367, (9517) (Apr 8): 1181-92.

Bernat, J. L. 2006. The whole-brain concept of death remains optimum public policy. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics : A Journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 34, (1) (Spring): 35,43, 3.

Bernat, J. L. 2005. The concept and practice of brain death. Progress in Brain Research 150: 369-79.

Bernat, J. L. 2005. Medical futility: Definition, determination, and disputes in critical care. Neurocritical Care 2, (2): 198-205.

Bernat, J. L. 2004. Ethical aspects of determining and communicating prognosis in critical care. Neurocritical Care 1, (1): 107-17.

Bernat, J. L. 2004. On irreversibility as a prerequisite for brain death determination. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 550: 161-7.

Bernat, J. L. 2002. The biophilosophical basis of whole-brain death. Social Philosophy & Policy 19, (2) (Summer): 324-42.

Bernat, J. L. 2002. Questions remaining about the minimally conscious state. Neurology 58, (3) (Feb 12): 337-8.

Bernat, J. L. 2001. Informed consent. Muscle & Nerve 24, (5) (May): 614-21.

Bernat, J. L. 2001. Plan ahead: How neurologists can enhance patient-centered medicine. Neurology 56, (2) (Jan 23): 144-5.

Bernat, J. L., and H. R. Beresford. 2006. The controversy over artificial hydration and nutrition. Neurology 66, (11) (Jun 13): 1618-9.

Bernat, J. L., A. M. D'Alessandro, F. K. Port, T. P. Bleck, S. O. Heard, J. Medina, S. H. Rosenbaum, et al. 2006. Report of a national conference on donation after cardiac death. American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 6, (2) (Feb): 281-91.

Bernat, J. L., and L. M. Peterson. 2006. Patient-centered informed consent in surgical practice. Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill.: 1960) 141, (1) (Jan): 86-92.

Bernat, J. L., and D. A. Rottenberg. 2007. Conscious awareness in PVS and MCS: The borderlands of neurology. Neurology 68, (12) (Mar 20): 885-6.

Fins, J. J., J. Illes, J. L. Bernat, J. Hirsch, S. Laureys, and E. Murphy. 2008. Neuroimaging and disorders of consciousness: Envisioning an ethical research agenda. The American Journal of Bioethics : AJOB 8, (9) (Sep): 3-12.

Holloway, R. G., S. P. Ringel, J. L. Bernat, C. M. Keran, and B. L. Lawyer. 2000. US neurologists: Attitudes on rationing. Neurology 55, (10) (Nov 28): 1492-7.

Larriviere, D. G., and J. L. Bernat. 2008. Invited article: Threats to physician autonomy in a performance-based reimbursement system. Neurology 70, (24) (Jun 10): 2338-42.

Voltz, R., J. L. Bernat, G. D. Borasio, I. Maddocks, D. Oliver and R. Portenoy, eds. 2004. Palliative care in neurology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.