[Endeavor]

" In the mid-1990s, for example, reports that hospitals were injecting vegetative patients with drugs that would preserve organs but hasten death surfaced in media outlets nationwide. In response, the Department of Health and Human Services asked the Institutes of Medicine to look into the issue and produce guidelines. Those guidelines came out in mid-1999."

Huh? Doesn't this constitute attempted murder?

And who defines an "irreversible" brain injury? Does this mean that they won't rescuscitate patients who flatline? And what's the bit about not using ER or OR "donors?"

This is one wacky article.

[Carolina]

University Hospital officials said they expect to begin screening for donors in eight weeks and plan to get as many donors as possible. University has already begun training staff on how to recognize potential donors before they die.

To avoid looking predatory, the hospital will have someone from the Donor Alliance approach families.

They don't want to appear predatory or compromising patient care. Well, golly, how do you screen for donors then?

[BigWaveBetty]

Memo to self:

When visiting the Denver area make sure that heart beats continuously!