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Volume 351:1150-1151 September 9, 2004 Number 11
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Havana and the Coma and Death Symposia

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To the Editor: The city of Havana, Cuba, welcomed colleagues from every continent for the First (1992), Second (1996), and Third (2000) International Symposia on Coma and Death. The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control decided to prohibit almost 100 American scholars from attending the fourth symposium, which was held March 9 through 12, 2004.

Since 1992, internationally known American scholars have legally attended the symposia, held every four years: 25 attended in 1992, 31 in 1996, and 54 in 2000. Two important books have emerged from these conferences.1,2

When we invited our colleagues to attend the Fourth International Symposium . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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