Brain death represents a little over 2% of hospital deaths in the U.S., according to a 2020 paper in the journal Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. Meanwhile, brain-dead people represent the majority of deceased organ donors, according to data collected from 1988 through October 2022 by the United Network for Organ Sharing, the nonprofit that manages the nation’s organ-transplantation system. More than 100,000 people are on the national waiting list for kidneys, hearts and other organs, UNOS said.
History has overtaken them. The new debate is whether or not patients need to consent to doctor-assisted murder. That's a great new source of organs if you think about it.
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