Quiz: 'Brain death' at core of new controversies, but what does it mean?

The notion of brain death is at the core of public controversies over whether it's appropriate to keep 33-year old Marlise Muñoz and 13-year old Jahi McMath on life support. But experts say there is considerable confusion about the terminology for brain activity, even among physicians and hospital administrators who are relying on the terms to make decisions and communicate with grief-stricken families.

Modern Healthcare put together this simple quiz to test your grasp of brain death and terms often confused with it. The questions and answers were vetted by a neurologist and a bioethicist.

We'll tally the results and post here.

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Read more about the complexity of navigating brain-death cases.

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