Group 4 Death, Abortion, and Animal Welfare
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THE HIGHER-BRAIN DEFINITION
OF DEATH
The so-called "higher brain death criteria" is based on the
concept as patients who are permanently unconscious have lost
function of the upper brain (the cortex and associated
structures), but not necessarily function of the lower brain
(the brainstem)
The higher-brain definition of death is not yet legal anywhere
in the world. But it is an idea that is debated increasingly.
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