Sigrid Fry-Revere discusses the pros and cons of live organ donation and the steps that must be taken before it is a valid option for all people.
Sigrid Fry-Revere is president and CEO of the American Living Organ Donor Network, a (501(c)(3) living organ donor support organization. She is also the president of the Center for Ethical Solutions, a patient care ethics think tank, and the ethicist on the Washington Regional Transplant Community’s Organ and Tissue Advisory Committee. Sigrid has been a TEDMED speaker, authored four books, and written hundreds of articles. Her most recent book is a popular non-fiction adventure story The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran. She received both her law degree and her Ph.D. in bioethics at Georgetown University. She lives on a farm in Northern Virginia where she and her husband Bob raised their four children.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
6 окт 2024
