Abstract
In Reply.— Dr Sananman correctly points out that whole-brain criterion of death has been accepted widely in United States among medical professionals and state governments. However, to say this is not to exhaust concept of death. There is a body of opinion that would define death as the loss of those brain functions that support awareness and cognition. 1,2 As a step in direction of acceptance of this definition we note a growing tendency to withdraw life support from persons in persistent vegetative state. 3 In this sense range of those regarded as dead has widened. The debate about definition of death continues and will do so until in some way or another technical criteria for determining death are derived from a broader philosophical concept of its meaning. 1-3
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