The breakthrough changing how Americans donate organs

Vox · article

Instead of death being declared because the brain has stopped functioning, in DCD, death is declared after circulation ceases and the heart stops beating. | Miguel Porlan for Vox This story was originally published in The Highlight. To get access to member-exclusive stories like this every month, 

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