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Doctors debate transplant ethics in infant brain death case
Boston physicians argue over using organs from anencephalic babies for transplants. One side urges declaring these infants dead at birth with parental consent to harvest organs, while opponents insist on brain death criteria. The report notes limited donor numbers and practical hurdles in matching organs and centers' concerns about the ethics debate.
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Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Robert D. Traog
Harvard Medical School
John C. Fletcher
University of Virginia
Traog
Donald N. Medearis Jr
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lewis B Holmes
Brigham and Women's Hospital
United States
Loma Linda University Medical Center
California
Brown
Loma Linda