What circumstances permit the determination that a person is legally dead?
A) When there is no electrical activity in the brain and the person no longer has reflexes or responds to vigorous external stimuli
B) When resuscitation is possible, even though there is no evidence of brain function or respiration, and the heart has stopped
C) When the brain stem is dead and there is no independent body functioning
D) When a physician pronounces the person to be dead
C
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