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Death is a social construct (medium.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Medlife crisis has a great video on how doctors actually had to "redefine death". It's been a while since I watched it, so I don't remember if he uses the words "social construct," but the video thesis is close to that, iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNEky4aeBqI