re: Organ Donation: Why don't more people do it?

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Because of this this and this and many more such cases.

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To be sure that this is clear (since I read the gist of only one of the articles), the potential donor must be declared brain dead by two different doctors ( neurologists, frequently) at two different times. Neither of these doctors has anything to do with the organ retrieval NOR the recipient of the organs. They're essentially an unbiased 3 rd and 4th party. The "bias" does come in the form that they are asked to perform brain death studies, so they may have some sort of preconceived notion as to whether the person should be brain-alive or brain-dead, but for the most part, they have no reason to deceive anyone as far as their documentation goes.