Shah, Kasper and Miller (2015) reviewed evidence on public attitudes to brain death and vital organ transplantation. The data suggested that people generally do not understand ______.
A. uncontested biological facts about brain death
B. the legal status of brain death
C. that organs are procured from brain-dead patients while their hearts are still beating
D. all of these
Answer: D
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