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Variability discovered in how hospitals diagnose brain death.

In the United States, a person is diagnosed as dead if they satisfy one of the following two criteria: (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.

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