In order to determine when death occurs, a majority of state legislatures and courts now have adopted a brain death test.

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The majority of state legislatures and courts have adopted the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA), which includes brain death as a legal definition of death, indicating that death occurs when an individual has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.

In Order to Determine When Death Occurs, a Majority of State