Clinical death is the medical term for cessation of blood circulation and breathing, the two criteria necessary to sustain the lives of human beings and...

difficult. Initially, death was defined as occurring when breathing and the heartbeat ceased, a status still known as clinical death. However, the development...

Brain Death Project, published a guideline that: provides recommendations for the minimum clinical standards for determination of brain death/death by neurologic...

A death mask is a likeness (typically in wax or plaster cast) of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the...

for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes Clinical death, the cessation of blood circulation and breathing Clinical formulation, a theoretically-based explanation...

A death rattle is noisy breathing that often occurs in someone who is near death. It is caused by an accumulation of fluids such as saliva and bronchial...

stimulus generates an erectile response. There is ample experimental and clinical evidence to support the former supposition." Willis Webster Grube (1897)...

Accidental deaths in the United States An accidental death is an unnatural death that is caused by an accident, such as a slip and fall, traffic collision...

devastation, and seeing hellish imagery. NDEs usually occur during reversible clinical death. Explanations for NDEs vary from scientific to religious. Neuroscience...

Fan death is a misconception that people have died as a result of running an electric fan in a closed room with no open windows. While the supposed mechanics...

A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people. These threats are often...

A death anniversary (or deathday) is the anniversary of the death of a person. It is the opposite of birthday. It is a custom in several Asian cultures...

date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths. An official death certificate is usually required to be provided...

A faked death, also called a staged death, is the act of an individual purposely deceiving other people into believing that the individual is dead, when...

Apparent death is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead. It is an immobile state most often triggered by a predatory attack...

A death knell is the ringing of a church bell to announce the death of a person. Historically,[where?][when?] it was the second of three bells rung around...

assure that the organism shall follow its own path to death". Seeking further potential clinical support for the existence of such a self-destructive force...

Dignified death, death with dignity, dying with dignity or dignity in dying is an ethical concept that refers to the end-of-life process avoiding suffering...

Death from laughter is an extremely rare form of death, usually resulting from either cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, that has itself been caused by a...

A death march is a forced march of prisoners of war or other captives or deportees in which individuals are left to die along the way. It is distinguished...

Cell death is the event of a biological cell ceasing to carry out its functions. This may be the result of the natural process of old cells dying and...

uslegal.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04. Dimond, Bridgit (2004). "The clinical definition of death and the legal implications for staff". British Journal of Nursing...

Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced...

Manner of Death". Crime Museum. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2024-02-06. Stark, Martha (2000). A physician's guide to clinical forensic...

The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the literary traditions of East Asian cultures—most prominently in Japan as well as certain periods...

A death hoax is a deliberate report of someone's death that is later revealed to be untrue. In some cases, it might be because the person has intentionally...

Response to Fear ". Clinical Psychiatry Jan 2004. Web. 15 Nov 2009. [1][dead link]. Mathis, James L. "Sophisticated Version of Voodoo Death". American Psychosomatic...

Death flights (Spanish: vuelos de la muerte) are a form of extrajudicial killing in which the victims are dropped to their death from airplanes or helicopters...

Near Death Experiences". 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019. "Consciousness after clinical death. The...

of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are...