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    • Bioethics
    • History of Medicine

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    • Death determination involves factual discovery and interpretation, which can be subject to disagreement.

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    • To critically examine the historical origins of the dead donor rule (DDR).
    • To reveal the lack of scientific rationale in the initial promotion of the DDR.
    • To analyze how the DDR re-semantized the meaning of death, potentially prioritizing recipients' interests.

    Main Methods:

    • Historical analysis of the dead donor rule's origins.
    • Review of events preceding the Harvard Ad Hoc Committee report on brain death.
    • Examination of the re-semantization process in defining death.

    Main Results:

    • The promotion of the DDR lacked a scientific basis for its proposed criteria for determining death.
    • The historical development involved a redefinition of death, prioritizing organ recipients over dying individuals.

    Conclusions:

    • The dead donor rule's foundation is rooted in a redefinition of death rather than scientific evidence.
    • Ethical deliberation is necessary regarding the interpretation of death in organ procurement contexts.