Doctors debate when to declare organ donors dead
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_he_me/med_transplants_declaring_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080813/capt.bcf88ffe6d744434849d5e97aca3d10f.transplants_declaring_death_cojd101.jpg?x=130&y=112&q=85&sig=ZFUqh.6PYbfuD49pCVjHAw--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="Rob and Mary Ann Apmann play with their 21-month-old son Zachary at The Children's Hospital in Aurora, Colo., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Zachary is one of three babies who got heart transplants using a non-traditional approach. (AP Photo Jack Dempsey)" border="0" /></a>AP - A report on three heart transplants involving babies is focusing attention on a touchy issue in the organ donation field: When and how can someone be declared dead?</p><br clear="all"/>

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