A 1981 presidential commission proposed a definition of death later codified in the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) . This definition requires or includes:
A) an invariant procedure for the determination of death
B) reversible loss of circulatory & respiratory functions
C) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, excluding the brain stem
D) irreversible stoppage of the capacity for bodily integration and social interaction
E) a metaphysical change in the very substance of the being
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