
The loved ones of a young man, who is in the intensive care unit on life support after suffering irreversible brain damage resulting from a motorcycle accident, have been approached by the organ transplant team to consider organ donation. When they ask the nurse about this process, the nurse's best response would be:
A) "There is a small cost to the family for the donation, but it is for a good cause."
B) "Often families are comforted by the knowledge that some good came from this tragedy."
C) "Because your son has been on life support, the only organs they can use would be his kidneys."
D) "Organ donation will probably delay the funeral."
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