Waking the dead? Some things you should know about dying (Science Alert)

Waking the dead? Some things you should know about dying (Science Alert)

Consider this from a research paper about defining death: "If we regard death as a process, then either the process starts when the person is still living, which confuses the “process of death” with the process of dying, for we all regard someone who is dying as not yet dead, or the “process of death” starts when the person is no longer alive, which confuses death with the process of disintegration."

                                                             Some residual function can be found up to several hours

                                                                 past the point where the heart has stopped beating.

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                                               http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20130808-24671-2.html