
209. Make Me a Match
Freakonomics Radio
Kidney Pardonation Is a New Way to Transplant a Kidney
ray book was a paired donor. But there's also room for what's called a non directed donor, ruth an leishman. They don't know anybody who needs a kidney transplant and just want to help somebody. So instead of that non directed donor helping just one person receive a transplant, they can help two, three, five, ten, 30, 60 people as we go down the line in the chain. This chain started with a woman named jodie shakeley wright. She wound up giving julie park a new kidney.
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