What Circumstances Permit the Determination That a Person Is Legally

question 40

Multiple Choice

What circumstances permit the determination that a person is legally dead?

• A)When there is no electrical activity in the brain and the person no longer has reflexes or responds to vigorous external stimuli
• B)When resuscitation is possible,even though there is no evidence of brain function or respiration,and the heart has stopped
• C)When the brain stem is dead and there is no independent body functioning
• D)When a physician pronounces the person to be dead

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