When a person dies or is declared brain dead, it is the hospital's responsibility to find out if that individual is an organ donor. If he or she is, their organs will be kept viable via ventilator or other mechanisms until they can be harvested. Most of the individuals whose organs are donated...

Organ and tissue transplantation is a modern medical miracle, through which hundreds of lives are saved each year. For organ donors and their families, it is a chance to give life, a...

Depending on your beliefs, the benefits of organ donating can outweigh the cons: