That patients in PVS may retain most of the outward signs of being alive (such as body temperature, pulse, and unassisted respiration) is an objection to which criterion of death?

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The higher-brain criterion of death focuses on the loss of consciousness and cognitive function. Patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) may still have basic physiological functions, which challenges the idea that they are "dead" under this criterion, as they lack higher brain functions but retain basic life signs.

That Patients in PVS May Retain Most of the Outward