DEATH, CLINICALLY AND LEGALLY, is generally considered to be a well-defined state characterized by a complete and irreversible cessation of brain activities and functions. The moment of death, according to this view, is represented by a discrete event in which all brain processes suddenly cease.
But from a neurological point of view, death is a difficult concept to define. A growing body of evidence is demonstrating that death in the brain that appears at the end of consciousness is not marked by an abrupt
