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How organ donation complicates the finality of death

I donated my deceased father's organs and now I wonder if somewhere his heart is still beating in another person's chest.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The continuation of physical parts in other bodies can create a confusing relationship with closure and the meaning of death.

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