Taboo Trades

Kidney to Share with Martha Gershun and John Lantos

February 08, 2022 Kim Krawiec Season 2 Episode 2
Taboo Trades
Kidney to Share with Martha Gershun and John Lantos
Show Notes

Martha, John, and I discuss Martha's journey as a stranger donor with co-hosts Kaitlyn O'Malley and Caitlyn Stollings (UVA Law '22). Appearances are also made by Nevah Jones, Alex Leseney, Thalia Stanberry, Samantha Spindler, and Tom DelRegno.

Martha Gershun and John Lantos are  authors of Kidney To Share, a new book published by Cornell University Press.

Martha Gershun is the former Executive Director of Jackson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). She is author of Care & Custody, and her work has appeared in The Kansas City Star, The New York Times Magazine, and The Radcliffe Quarterly

John D. Lantos, MD, is Director of the Bioethics Center at Children's Mercy Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. His books include Do We Still Need Doctors, Neonatal Bioethics, and Controversial Bodies. He is Associate Editor of the American Journal of Bioethics, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, and Current Problems in Pediatrics and Adolescent Health Care