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If you knew someone who needed a new heart, could you give it to them willingly even if you're not sick?
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No: Only a person who has been declared "brain dead" can give away their heart. There are no living donor heart transplants.
Answered 11/6/2013
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Think about it.: No one is going to remove a heart from a living individual to give it to someone else.
Answered 3/31/2012
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