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For a take on the overall system of organ donation, science reporter Dick Teresi's book [0] covers the history of the medical definition of death, the developme
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For a take on the overall system of organ donation, science reporter Dick Teresi's book [0] covers the history of the medical definition of death, the development of organ transfer surgeries, and the subsequent developments rubrics for organ donation candidates and legal death at a biological point before cell death. He interviews medical staff and presents what I took as a key point for advocacy: that organ donors should be administered Fentanyl before extraction to prevent the documented discomfort responses that some beating heart cadavers exhibit.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/The-Undead-Dick-Teresi-audiobook/dp/B007JQN99W/ https://www.amazon.com/The-Undead-Dick-Teresi-audiobook/dp/B...