Transplantation: The psychology of extraordinary altruism

Nature Reviews Nephrology 13, 383 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2017.64 Author: Ellen F. Carney Living donation of a kidney to a stranger is a very rare act of extraordinary altruism and the motivations of non-directed donors are not well understood. Now, a new study by Kruti Vekaria, Abigail Marsh and colleagues provides insights into the psychological mechanisms that underlie
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