What Circumstances Permit the Determination That a Person Is Legally

Multiple Choice

What circumstances permit the determination that a person is legally dead?

A) there is no electrical activity in the brain, and the person no longer has reflexes or responds to vigorous external stimuli
B) when the death certificate is signed
C) the brain stem is dead and there is no independent body functioning
D) resuscitation is possible even though there is no evidence of brain function or respiration, and the heart has stopped