Determining Death: Perspectives from World Religions
In: Death, Dying, Culture: An Interdisciplinary Interrogation
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Susan M. Setta
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This chapter will explore definitions of death in families of religions including Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. It focuses on the criteria different religions use in determining death. It does not include a discussion of patients in a persistent vegetative state; no religious tradition would consider such a patient dead.