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In this talk, I will describe the historical development of brain death as a concept, showing that it grows up to serve the purposes of organ transplantation. I will then describe the way in which the organ procurement process has been bureaucratized in a way to increase the number of organs. I will conclude that the drive to increase the efficiency of organ procurement leads to a kind of coldness for those left behind.

Keywords:
Death and Dying; Meaning of Body; Meaning of Death; I-thou and I-it relationships; Definition of death