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How the Dead Can Give the Gift of Life

Physician and author Kenneth Iserson wanted to promote organ and tissue donation, so he wrote a book about what happens to dead bodies. It's called "Death to Dust." He believes that death is the pornography of our culture, because after-death activities are shrouded in secrecy. His book explores the mundane -- burial choices and advance directives -- and the arcane -- head shrinking, cannibalism and cryonic preservation. (Rebroadcast)

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Other segments from the episode on February 3, 1995

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 3, 1995: Interview with Ira Rutkow; Review of Kenneth Iserson; Review of the film "Boys on the Side."

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