A 1981 presidential commission proposed a definition of death later codified in the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA). This definition requires or includes:

a. an invariant procedure for the determination of death
b. reversible loss of circulatory & respiratory functions
c. irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, excluding the brain stem
d. irreversible stoppage of the capacity for bodily integration and social interaction
e. a metaphysical change in the very substance of the being

C

Psychology

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