[UA] The Invisible Hand

[Jon Capps]

Stolze wrote:
> > ???  Huh?  You mean that if you go into a coma in Japan they
> just unplug you?

To which Will responded:

> I think he was talking about organ donation. Basically most of
> the countries
> allow organ donation only if the donor is in a state of "brain death". If
> Japan doesn't recognize this, then I assume it's not possible for
> a Japanese
> person to donate an organ, and therefore for a Japanese person to receive
> an organ in Japan. Hence they have to go abroad?

I don't know what they do with comatose people in Japan.  Will is correct
about the organ donation.

Jon Capps



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