title: Organ donors after circulatory determination of death: not necessarily dead, and it does not necessarily matter.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Halpern
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Truog
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003643:Death; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence