A state of prolonged irreversible cessation of all brain activity, including lower brain stem function with the complete absence of voluntary movements, responses to stimuli, brain stem reflexes, and spontaneous respirations. Reversible conditions which mimic this clinical state (e.g., sedative overdose, hypothermia, etc.) are excluded prior to making the determination of brain death. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp348-9)
    

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Quaedam de morbis cerebri organicis et observatio steatomatis in cerebro certa : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor Car. Frid. Eduard Kramer.

The Lazarus effect : the science that is rewriting the boundaries between life and death / Sam Parnia with Josh Young.

Moral, ethical, and legal issues in the neurosciences / edited by T.P. Morley.

The law of life and death / Elizabeth Price Foley.

Storia della definizione di morte / a cura di Francesco Paolo de Ceglia.