2.1 Definition and Types of Death

Death — the life's cessation: the classical (the cardio-respiratory: the heart-and-breath's stop) → the modern brain-death's concept (the irreversible brain-stem cessation — the organ-transplant era's definition). The types (the medico-legal classification): 1. Somatic vs cellular (the body's death vs the tissues' lag). 2. Natural vs unnatural (the disease vs the violence-and-accident — the medico-legal's core division). 3. The manner of death (the exam's quartet): natural; accidental; suicidal; homicidal — the manner's determination the investigation's aim (the autopsy's conclusion-and-circumstances' blend). 4. The causes: the immediate (the event); the proximate cause (the chain — the delayed-death questions: the year-and-a-day lore's modern disputes).