In 1984 however, Dr. Chen Chao-long was the first in Taiwan to apply brain death as the basis for proceeding with removal of a donor's liver, redefining death in the process.
直到民國七十三年陳肇隆醫師率先採用「腦死」的定義，進行肝臟移植手術，死亡的認定才有了改變。