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  • Donor Organs Are Too Rare. We Need a New Definition of Death.

    07/31/2025 6:04:03 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 88 replies
    The New York Times ^ | July 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET | Sandeep Jauhar, Snehal Patel and Deane Smith
    People die in many ways, but in medicine there are only two reasons a person can be declared dead: Either the heart has stopped or the brain has ceased to function, even if the heart is still beating. A person may serve as an organ donor only after being declared dead. (Until then, transplant surgeons are not allowed even to interact with a dying patient.) This common-sensical rule underpins organ donation in the United States and many other countries. Most donor organs today are obtained after brain death, defined by most state laws as a condition of permanent unconsciousness...