The two authors of the article in the NEJM, both proponents of organ donation, argue that "as an ethical requirement for organ donation, the dead donor rule has required unnecessary and unsupportable revisions of the definition of death." The mainstream media will BURY this news.
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08/15/2008 5:32:34 AM PDT by
wagglebee
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To: wagglebee
The mainstream media will BURY this news Actually, it's getting quite a bit of MSM coverage, for example:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/health/13transplants.html
To: Canticle_of_Deborah; vox_freedom
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08/15/2008 10:03:29 AM PDT by
murphE
(I refuse to choose evil, even if it is the lesser of two)
To: wagglebee
If the criterion for death is that the heart has stopped beating, then heart transplants become impossible. The other organs become problematic, since they have to be harvested in a very short time after the heart stops beating. Kidneys have the longest time.
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