If a Person Donated an Organ, Would the Recipient And/or

question 34

Essay

If a person donated an organ, would the recipient and/or the recipient's family learn the donor's identity and contact the donor or his or her family?

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Definitions:

Sensory Store Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which acts as a buffer for stimuli received through the senses.

Holds Information

The capacity to retain and recall data or facts.

Hippocampus

A major component of the brain of humans and other vertebrates, playing critical roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and in spatial memory that enables navigation.

Long-term Memory

The component of the memory system capable of storing vast amounts of information for periods ranging from minutes to a lifetime.