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From fear recognition to kidney donation

2014; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 111; Issue: 42 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.1416960111

1091-6490

Joshua D. Greene,

Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

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).