1. The Uniform Determination of Death Act defines death as either the irreversible cessation of the functioning of the entire brain or the irreversible cessation of heart and lung function. Id. at 337; see also Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, The Diagnosis of Brain Death, 344 NEW ENG;Harrington;The Thin Flat Line: Redefining Who Is Legally Dead in Organ Donation After Cardiac Death, 86 DENV. U. L. REV,2001
2. Yet when death occurs due to the irreversible cessation of heart and lung function, the viability of the organs is threatened;Harrington;COMM. ON INCREASING RATES OF ORGAN DONATION,2006