title: Introduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Stuart J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Youngner
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Siminoff
authors.forename: Renie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schapiro
mesh_terms: D000757:Anencephaly; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic; D001926:Brain Death; D003643:Death; D036262:Empirical Research; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D011639:Public Opinion; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics*