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Old 08-20-2006, 11:09 AM   #2
9th Engineer
Bioengineer and aspiring lawer
 
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often whilst still alive
Well that'll happen no matter what, you cannot harvest organs from a corpse. The most common senario is to declare the patient brain dead in order to begin the harvest while there is still blood circulation to the organs. In high trauma incidents the doctor can also harvest if he declares no possibility for recovery from injuries. I guess it depends on your definition of death, but you will have a pulse when they remove your organs.
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