For example, according to the regulations governing human organ transplants, when the party concerned consents to the transplant, only the definition "brain dead" can be used. Yet most deaths are still defined in traditional terms of cessation of breathing or heartbeat.
例如，依據人體器官移植條例規定，只有在當事者同意捐贈器官時，才適用「腦死」的定義，一般死亡還是應用傳統的定義，要待呼吸、心跳停止才算「死亡」。