Death

===Legal===
{{See also|Legal death}}

The death of a person has legal consequences that may vary between jurisdictions. Most countries follow the whole-brain death criteria, where all functions of the brain must have completely ceased. However, in other jurisdictions, some follow the brainstem version of brain death.<ref name="Bernat-2013" /> Afterward, a [[death certificate]] is issued in most jurisdictions, either by a doctor or by an administrative office, upon presentation of a doctor's declaration of death.<ref>{{Cite book |last=World Health Organization |title=Medical Certification of Cause of Death: Instructions for Physicians on Use of International Form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] |year=1979 |isbn=978-92-4-156062-7}}</ref>