Human Growth and Development / Unit 17 HGD 2401 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Clinical and Biological Death
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The idea
Clinical death is when vital organs have stopped but could be resuscitated; biological death is when they cannot be.
In practice
A drowning victim revived by CPR after clinical death, before biological death set in.
Where people slip
Death also has psychological and social aspects, and a thanatologist studies all three.
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