It is presented a generalization of the von Neumann mutual information in t
he context of Tsallis' nonextensive statistics. As an example, entanglement
between two (two-level) quantum subsystems is discussed. Important changes
occur in the generalized mutual information, which measures the degree of
entanglement, depending on the entropic index q. (C) 1999 Published by Else
vier Science B.V. All rights reserved.