
How Dying Works
Stuff You Should Know
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The Dilemma of Death Address
In the 1960s doctors said hey we can actually Give people a shot at life because we can now transplant kidneys and lungs and hearts. Most developed countries have signed on to the brain stem where it's like your brain can no longer keep You alive. It's a narrower definition of death that probably rules out a lot of people who might otherwise Be used to harvest organs.
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