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When organ donation complicates grief

I donated my husband's organs after his accident and yesterday I got a letter from someone who received his heart, thanking me, and I don't know whether to feel comforted or like I gave away pieces of him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The continued life of a loved one's organs in strangers can create complex feelings about where death ends and legacy begins.

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