From fear recognition to kidney donation
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Valerie Maupin’s best friend had a loved one who needed a kidney. In an act of extraordinary altruism, Maupin offered one of hers, but she was not a match. Then she wondered: If I’m willing to do this for someone I know, why not for someone else whose need is just as great? With that thought, Maupin, a 24-y-old nursing student and hair stylist living in San Diego, decided to do something even more extraordinary. She would donate one of her kidneys to a stranger. A few months later, her kidney was in Florida, filtering the blood of a grateful 50-y-old woman and fellow nurse named Christine Curti (1).
Author: Joshua D. Greene
Institution: Harvard University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2066364717