The undead

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1. elevationOct 2025
   The Undead by Dick Teresi [0] gives an eye opening exposition of the history of the science, policy, and players of modern organization donation. His book predates the current fracas.

   [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Undead-Harvesting-Ice-Water-Beating-H...

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2. numeral_twoSep 2012
   Not that I agree with this, but a book written on the subject recently was a fascinating read - "The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death by" Dick Teresi. Check out this NPR story about it too: http://www.npr.org/2012/03/19/148296627/blurring-the-line-be...
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3. elevationMay 2020
   For a take on the overall system of organ donation, science reporter Dick Teresi's book [0] covers the history of the medical definition of death, the development of organ transfer surgeries, and the subsequent developments rubrics for organ donation candidates and legal death at a biological point before cell death. He interviews medical staff and presents what I took as a key point for advocacy: that organ donors should be administered Fentanyl before extraction to prevent the documented discomfort responses that some beating heart cadavers exhibit.

   [0] https://www.amazon.com/The-Undead-Dick-Teresi-audiobook/dp/B...

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4. brudgersMay 2012
   I've been an organ donor since I turned 18. I have increasing concerns about the financial incentives within the industry.

   For more detail see Science Journalist Dick Teresi on Book TV discussing "The Undead."

   http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305225-1

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