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When organ donation conflicts with indigenous death beliefs

My wife wants to donate our baby's organs but our tradition says the body needs to stay whole for the journey to the spirit world and I don't know how to choose between potentially saving lives and honoring our beliefs.

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The collision between medical altruism and spiritual necessity creates impossible choices where every decision carries the weight of betrayal.

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