Doctors need to harvest organs within two hours after the heart stops or they may deteriorate beyond use.
HARVEST! ?‽
The standards for defining death in Canada vary so much that the hospital where a dying person ends up may affect when they are declared dead.
Are there standards?
Paralysed stroke victim experiences every patient's worst nightmare as he hears doctors discussing whether to donate his organs but couldn't speak out
3 April 2014
Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD)
The Fifth Estate's "EPISODE - Dead Enough" can be viewed, by clicking here, for a limited time.
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Are there standards?
Paralysed stroke victim experiences every patient's worst nightmare as he hears doctors discussing whether to donate his organs but couldn't speak out
3 April 2014
Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD)
The Fifth Estate's "EPISODE - Dead Enough" can be viewed, by clicking here, for a limited time.
Comments
Short ones - Benefit of doubt
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.
