Redefining Death and the Challenges Ahead

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The chapter explores the efforts by the National Ethics and Death Association (NEDA) to redefine the definition of death in America, discussing potential obstacles and the possibility of sparking public debate. It also touches on advancements in medicine that may challenge our current understanding of death and offers hope for progress in treating neurological diseases.

This Halloween, we look at how technology is forcing us to ask: When is someone actually dead? And we look into research that is raising a further question: Could death someday be reversible?

This episode originally ran on November 22, 2022.

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