Reply To: Are hospitals "organ harvest happy"?

Joseph: Ubiq is referring to a general mistake in terminology, not a mistake by Bronson Methodist Hospital in particular.

Ubiq: so assuming the author of the article (Emily Shapiro) was wrong about the girl being brain dead, what are the laws regarding when organs may be harvested from an accident / shooting victim? How do they determine clinical death? Can she be breathing on her own and still be a donor of a vital organ? Are brain scans done and how reliable are they?