What to Expect:

This is a discussion as normal, but also is a story about four people who found themselves in a unique situation. In this episode, we dig into the psychology of people who, while alive, donate organs anonymously to strangers. We review how organ donation works, the advantages and disadvantages of living donors, and why people do it.

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Links for Today:

https://transplant.keckmedicine.org/anonymous-living-organ-donor-meets-the-woman-whose-life-he-saved/ (Story of Breanna and Damien)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349629/ (Peer-reviewed article weighing the risks/benefits of donation)
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/lengthy_daisy_chain_transplants_possible_from_one_altruistic_donor_kidney (Description of a “daisy chain” of organ donation)
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/transplant/patient_information/patient_stories/kidney-donation-dylan-story.html (Story about an anonymous kidney donor)
https://www.americantransplantfoundation.org/about-transplant/facts-and-myths/#:~:text=Almost%20114%2C000%20people%20in%20the,of%20available%20organs%20for%20transplant. (Statistics about organ donations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DYhJgQkQw4 (Story of Grant and Shelley)
https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/resources/ethics/living-non-directed-organ-donation/#:~:text=The%20recipient%20should%20not%20receive,disclosure%20of%20the%20candidate's%20identity (descriptions and definition of categories of donation)
https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/ (data on non-directed organ donations)

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