One hiccup mentioned by medical professionals is the reluctance in declaring the brain death of a prospective donor. “There is an apathy by the doctors towards declaring a brain stem death in an ICU, leaving no opportunity for the kith and kin even to ponder a possibility of donorship,” says Dr Noble. The decision of the government to promote deceased …
MY MONTICELLO by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson MY MONTICELLO by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson The 2017 marches in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which white militants carried burning torches through black communities, are the starting point for this fine debut by a young U.S. author which imagines a not-so-future America overtaken by white supremacists. Her complicated relationship to her refuge informs this tenderly rendered …
