The Harvard Criteria are defined as follows; if a person is unresponsive and unresponsive, there is no movement and no spontaneous breathing or other spontaneous muscle movement, no reflexes, a flat EEG and finally no circulation to or within the brain. Kastenbaum explains that there are different types of conditions that can make a patient unresponsive. Which “many of these conditions could be mistaken for brain death by uninformed observers (Kastanbuam, 45). Some of the conditions Kastenbaum discusses are akinetic mutism, catatonia, coma or locked-in syndrome. He explains that these conditions are different and that one similarity they all have in common is a "feeling of unresponsiveness of the terminal." On the other hand, we might be impressed by the unintentional reflexes and grimaces of a person in a persistent or permanent vegetative state and thus persuade ourselves that this person is still there (Kastanbaum, 45). If we follow the traditional determination of death and compare it with the Harvard criteria, we notice that in determining whether a person is dead, they will not show any signs of life. If the patient shows signs of life, why wouldn't doctors take it into account. This does not mean that because they are unresponsive they are brain dead, especially if they are showing signs of life. Kastabum states that this is a “heartbreaking resemblance to being buried alive” (Kastabum, 45). A person may be brain dead but that does not mean they are dead, the person making the decisions regarding the end of their life should really look further into whether the patient is completely gone but showing signs of life means you are alive regardless. of what a doctor could