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Radio 4,1 min

Series Series 8

The definition of death

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In order to be able to answer the question "What is death?", the panel agree on a clinical definition. Anthropologist Sue Black talks about the evolution of the definition over the last century. When is someone actually dead? Will our defintion be valid in 50 years?

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