A bibliographical journey: some studies on death, dying and suffering Roseane Carlos Cordeiro, Patrícia Carvalho Silva, Bárbara Cristina Barbosa, Valéria Nancy Freitas, Breno Ayres Chaves Rodrigues, Laís Barreto Barbosa, Gisela Vasconcellos Monteiro

Abstract

Throughout history, the finiteness of life seems to have been displaced from the order of nature to the control of scientific knowledge and the medical institution. In this context, this essay discusses brain death and the discussion of the scientific world, manifesting itself in different ways to the new definitions of death.