Consider any patient whose death you have witnessed and whose relatives you have had to comfort and assist. Was there any information of which you were ignorant? Could you answer all their questions?...

Consider any patient whose death you have witnessed and whose relatives you have had to comfort and assist. Was there any information of which you were ignorant? Could you answer all their questions?

What is meant by brain death? What problems arise from recognising this as opposed to the traditional definition of death?