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The principal cause of death in people in... Death and the law... The following description assumes that the death itself has not occurred from being burnt... is a postmortem paleness which accompanies death due to a lack of... Death is an important part of the process of... of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species... After death the remains of an organism become part of the... attempts to define the exact moment of death have been problematic... Death was once defined as the cessation of... linked to death in the past no longer kill in all circumstances... Identifying the moment of death is important in cases of... be harvested as quickly as possible after the death of the body... It appears that once brain death has been determined... Eventually it is possible that the criterion for death will be the permanent and irreversible loss of... brought the question of brain death and artificial sustenance to the front of... the determination of brain death can be complicated... hospitals have protocols for determining brain death involving EEGs at widely separated intervals under defined conditions... ideas about when death occurs may have to be re... Death and the law... a person is dead if a Statement of Death or Death Certificate is approved by a licensed medical practitioner... Death can be caused by... Many leading developed world causes of death can be postponed by... s death and to evaluate any... autopsy is carried out when the cause of death may be a criminal matter... is performed to find the medical cause of death and is used in cases of unknown or uncertain death... upon legal death so that they can await the time when future... Death haunts even the beautiful... Death haunts even the beautiful... Death haunts even the beautiful... Death is the center of many traditions and organizations... Legal aspects of death are also part of many cultures... the death penalty is reserved as punishment for premeditated... have imposed death sentences for offenses such as... Death in warfare and in... death for a cause by way of suicide attack... Death in Ancient China... Meditations on the mysteries of life and death as they touch us in our daily lives... How the medical profession categorized causes of death a century ago... A biologist explains life and death in different kinds of organisms in relation to evolution...

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