After her husband's liver cancer recurred, a 33-year-old preschool teacher decided to donate a part of her liver for a life-saving transplant for her partner.
A 43-year-old woman with decompensated cirrhosis due to autoimmune hepatitis, whose survival was measured in days, received a liver transplant from a brain-dead donor.
A South Korean man sued his wife, alleging 'malicious abandonment' and filing for divorce after she refused to donate a portion of her liver to save him.