Waking the Dead

[n2ize]

Slightly morbid but interesting. How/when do we find death since death is a process and not a single event. How do doctors define death ?

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20130808-24671.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencealert-latestnews+%28ScienceAlert-Latest+Stories%29 (http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20130808-24671.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencealert-latestnews+%28ScienceAlert-Latest+Stories%29&utm_content=FaceBook)

[K7SGJ]

That reminds me, I'm going to spend next weekend at Bernies.

[KG4NEL]

If you want a more in-depth approach to this (and a lot of other death-related legal issues), read this:

http://www.amazon.com/Immortality-Law-Rising-Power-American/dp/0300171404

One of those books that I came upon randomly, but I kept reading it because it presents what can be a very weird subject very matter-of-factly.

The takeaway - make a will, or you're fucked. :yes:

[K4WGE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Bsb-8pxG8

[N2NH]

Quibble factor alert: INTENSE.

meh.