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> Ware Theodore M (td03@jove.acs.unt.edu) wrote on misc.emerg-services:
> : 4.  Asking the husband for organs - 

[my own stuff deleted]

> :     decreased perfusion to the organs.  Most organ donations come
> :     from head injured and/or brain dead patients.
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm am so-o-o-o sorry, I was brain-dead when I typed the above. 

> ALL organ donors are brain dead.  Brain death is a legal definition of 
> death in all 50 states and DC.  I'm not sure of the exact statistics 
> nationwide, but in 1993 in the DC area (where I work as an organ recovery 
> coordinator):

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Ted M. Ware
Student Doctor (MS III) Class of 1996		
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
UNT Health Science Center
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