Abstract
Advances in emergency medicine and resuscitation have changed the direct prognosis of some critically ill states and have induced an evolution in the old and traditional definitions of death: from the prolonged absence of breathing to the cessation of function of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
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Kahn, R.J. (1988). Cerebral Death: Human Life or Not?. In: Carmi, A., Schneider, S. (eds) Hospital Law. Medicolegal Library, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83301-4_27
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