How Doctors Redefined Death

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We often argue about when life begins, but what about when it ends? What actually is death? The answer is a bit more complicated than you might think...

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References:

How to confirm a death (Geeky Medics) - https://geekymedics.com/death-confirmation/
https://theconversation.com/chimps-racism-and-the-definition-of-death-the-heart-transplant-story-84864
Resuscitation on television: Realistic or ridiculous? A quantitative observational analysis of the portrayal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in television medical drama (British one) https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(09)00403-1/fulltext
It isn't like this on TV: Revisiting CPR survival rates depicted on popular TV shows https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26296584/