Does death take place when the heart stops beating, when a person stops breathing, when there is no longer brain activity or is there another way to determine the moment of death?

Discussion

Read chapter two of your text. When is a person “dead”?

Does death take place when the heart stops beating, when a person stops breathing, when there is no longer brain activity or is there another way to determine the moment of death?

Research this topic in at least two or three sources and explain when you think death takes place.

Book If available: Leming, M. & Dickinson, G. (2020). Understanding dying, death & bereavement (ninth edition). Belmont, CA: Cengage.
ISBN: 978-0357045084

Does death take place when the heart stops beating, when a person stops breathing, when there is no longer brain activity or is there another way to determine the moment of death?
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