Life After Brain Death: Is the Body Still 'Alive'?

Friday, January 3, 2014 - 11:30 in Psychology & Sociology

A 13-year-old girl in California continues to be kept on a ventilator after being declared brain-dead by doctors. Although a brain-dead person is not legally alive, how much of the body will keep on working with the help of technology, and for how long?

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