Title: Ethical Implications Of Non-Heart-Beating Organ Donation Author: Nancy Valko, RN Description: A brief history of non-heart-beating organ donation (NHBD) including the procedures and ethical implications. Whether we are renewing our driver's licenses, watching the TV news or just picking up a newspaper, it's impossible to miss the campaign to persuade us to sign an organ donation card. We see story after story about how grieving relatives have been comforted by donating a loved one's organs after a tragic death, and how grateful the people are whose lives have been changed by the "gift of life". But in the understandable...