Further Reading:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/peace-of-mind-near-death/
http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/brain-metrics/could_a_final_surge_in
http://www.popsci.com/sam-barrett/article/2008-10/first-few-minutes-after-death
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/index2.html
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
https://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/57/4/P358.full
http://australianmuseum.net.au/stages-of-decomposition
http://www.livescience.com/15980-death-8-burial-alternatives.html
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