More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too

More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too

WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion, researchers reported Thursday. What’s c...

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