Just joined the Living Donors Online group. One of the donors on that site told me that some folks who have donated to a relative or friend object to the term altruistic when it refers solely to someone in my situation. Please don't shoot the messenger. I had always called my pending donation "non-directed"; however, in conversations with both NYP and NYU, they always used the term "altruistic donor". Being new to this...lol...I went along with the experts.
I can fully appreciate that, those who donated to a recipient whom they knew, would be offended by not also being called altruistic. By any definition, they surely are!
I apologize if my terminology insulted anyone. It certainly was not my intention.
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