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TwilightGardener

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1. You're dead when your heart stops beating for good. You are dying when your

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2014, 02:04 PM

Jan 2014

brain stem no longer works--you are doomed. But the organ donation industry has a big stake in educating people that brain death is death, because otherwise no organs would be transferred in time--families would cling to false hope for too long. I think it's disrespectful to call people "corpses" when they're not dead, frankly.

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"Brain Dead" has become a rather loaded term [View all] cthulu2016 Jan 2014 OP

You're dead when your heart stops beating for good. You are dying when your TwilightGardener Jan 2014 #1

One reason would be if doctors were waiting to harvest the organs. . . Journeyman Jan 2014 #2

There are many terms that are used out of respect for others opinions/sensibilities FSogol Jan 2014 #3