Transplant Living: Organ Donation and Transplantation Information for Patients


Facts History Organs Qualifications Legal Aspects UNOS' Involvement Program Standards Types Related Non-Related Non-Directed Paired Donation Living Donor/Deceased Exchange Blood Type Incompatible Positive Crossmatch Being a Living Donor First Steps Making the Decision Informed Consent What Makes a Good Donor Tests Involved Risks Recovery Pregnancy After Living Donation Insurance After Living Donation The Procedure Kidney Liver Lung Financial Aspects Costs Disability Coverage Legislation State Tax Deductions Q & A		Being a Living Donor While it is important to talk about end of life decisions including organ donation, it is now becoming more common to donate organs and partial organs while living. To learn more, choose an option below: First steps Being asked to donate Informed consent What makes a good donor? Tests Involved Risks Recovery Pregnancy after living donation Insurance after living donation Additional Resources Members of the transplant community often participate in conferences, forums and other events to develop guidelines and standards of practice for the care of donors and recipients. Click here to learn more about: The World Health Organization Assembly in Geneva about Organ and Tissue Transplantation TTS Amsterdam Forum on the Care of the Live Kidney Donor: Data and Medical Guidelines TTS Vancouver Forum on the Care of the Live Organ Donor: Lung, Liver, Pancreas, and Intestine Data and Medical Guidelines		Living donors are encouraged to provide feedback to their transplant centers to help gauge trends in living donation. View the sample living donor post-transplant survey now This sample survey is provided by the board of directors of the New York Center for Liver Transplantation and the New York State Department of Heath.

Being a Living Donor

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