RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Death in Denmark: a reply. JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 100 OP 101 DO 10.1136/jme.17.2.100 VO 17 IS 2 A1 D Lamb YR 1991 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/17/2/100.abstract AB This reply to Martyn Evans's support for a cardiac-centered concept of death attempts to meet some objections to the brainstem definition of death. Evans's appeal to Wittgenstein's philosophy is also criticised.