An individual who wishes to donate a kidney to a person he or she does not know, done as a gift without any expectation of return or reward. A non-directed donor may be referred to as altruistic donor. Organ allocation is achieved through the established allocation system.
U.S Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). (n.d.). Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: Living organ donation. Retrieved from: http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/resources/ethics/living-non-directed-organ-donation/
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