202 | Extreme Altruism

In just the last couple of decades, people have started anonymously donated organs to strangers. In this episode, we tell the story of two people who decided to donate their organs to someone they had never met or had just barely met. Why would someone do this? We explain the psychology of anonymous organ donors, why living donors are so important, and the process of donating organs. <br /><br />Links for Today:<br /><br /><a href="https://transplant.keckmedicine.org/anonymous-living-organ-donor-meets-the-woman-whose-life-he-saved/" rel="noopener">https://transplant.keckmedicine.org/anonymous-living-organ-donor-meets-the-woman-whose-life-he-saved/</a> (Story of Breanna and Damien)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349629/" rel="noopener">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349629/</a> (Peer-reviewed article weighing the risks/benefits of donation)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/lengthy_daisy_chain_transplants_possible_from_one_altruistic_donor_kidney" rel="noopener">https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/lengthy_daisy_chain_transplants_possible_from_one_altruistic_donor_kidney</a> (Description of a “daisy chain” of organ donation)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/transplant/patient_information/patient_stories/kidney-donation-dylan-story.html" rel="noopener">https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/transplant/patient_information/patient_stories/kidney-donation-dylan-story.html</a> (Story about an anonymous kidney donor)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.americantransplantfoundation.org/about-transplant/facts-and-myths/#" rel="noopener">https://www.americantransplantfoundation.org/about-transplant/facts-and-myths/#</a>:~:text=Almost%20114%2C000%20people%20in%20the,of%20available%20organs%20for%20transplant. (Statistics about organ donations)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DYhJgQkQw4" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DYhJgQkQw4</a> (Story of Grant and Shelley)<br /><br /><a hre