It is part of the preoperative routine before every organ recovery. First, we check the brain death note, then check the blood type, and finally the signature on the consent. It has to be there for us to proceed. Somewhere nearby, the form will indicate if the person who signed the form was the donor's husband or wife, sibling, child, or parent. The signature is sometimes written boldly, with the stress of the decision already behind the signer. More often, the handwriting is not so steady.
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