[Hildy]

Then you don't know the legal definitino of brain dead.

[hope]

"Then you don't know the legal definitino of brain dead."

"Once brain death sets in, the irreversible loss of all brain functions takes place. Brain death is characterized by a lack of electrical activity and blood flow to the brain, which results in no bodily movement, response to stimulation, breathing or brain reflexes. It is a process that could last from just a few hours to a couple of days."

According to federal law, a brain-dead body is legally dead. The 1987 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, which governs organ transplants, allows research on brain-dead patients. But although this kind of research is legal, it is still unregulated.