Part one of term paper
Is a human alive who has only his vegetative functions and no consciousness of his being? Is not a patient virtually dead who has no brain activity whatsoever? And if he is in irreversible coma, can his organs be removed for transplantation into a conscious body? These questions and even more vexing ones have recently raised a host of legal, ...

Part two of term paper
... properties. The cessation of breathing in this tradition has been taken as the sign of death as the soul cannot be physically seen leaving the body and therefor another sign must be made present. In modern times, death has been thought to occur when the vital functions cease breathing and circulation (as evidence by the beating of the heart). This definition is also supported by the definition of clinical death, which states that death is equated with irreversible coma. This view has been challe ...