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Wrongful Death

Wrongful death is a civil cause of action that allows surviving family members or dependents to recover compensatory damages when another party's negligent or intentional conduct directly causes a person's death.

120

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4.5K

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181

Authors

84

Institutions

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2017–2026

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120

ANÆSTHETIC DEATHS IN A FAMILY

M. A. Denborough, R.R.H. Lovell · The Lancet · 1960 · 407 citations

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Why Corporations Are Not Morally Responsible for Anything They Do

Manuel Velásquez · Business and Professional Ethics Journal · 1983 · 277 citations

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Wrongful Life and the Counterfactual Element in Harming

Joël Feinberg · Social Philosophy and Policy · 1986 · 247 citations

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Mortality after death of spouse in relation to duration of bereavement in Finland.

Pekka Martikainen, Tapani Valkonen · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 1996 · 187 citations · Full text

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African Americans in Bereavement: Grief as a Function of Ethnicity

Anna Laurie, Robert A. Neimeyer · OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying · 2008 · 152 citations

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Authors

181

  1. HG
    Hans-Christoph Grunau

    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany

    2 publications · 87 citations

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  2. HL
    Heather L. Servaty‐Seib

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  3. AF
    Alberto Ferrero

    University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

    2 publications · 87 citations

    2

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  4. AW
    Arnold Wilson

    New School, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  5. FG
    Filippo Gazzola

    Politecnico di Milano, Italy

    2 publications · 87 citations

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Institutions

84

  1. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    99 citations

  2. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    249 citations

  3. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    82 citations

  4. Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

  5. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  6. Bar-Ilan University

    Ramat Gan, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Greater Manchester Police

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 6 publications · 174 citations

    6

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  2. Journal of Forensic Economics

    JFE · 5 publications · 87 citations

    5

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  3. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

    4 publications · 317 citations

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  4. BMJ

    3 publications · 106 citations

    3

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  5. Death Studies

    3 publications · 79 citations

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See also

Wrongful Death

Liability Elements