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Organ Donation Compensation: A Simple Solution or Inevitable Inequity?

A compelling case was made recently in the Wall Street Journal for changing U.S. law to allow people to sell their organs. The authors have done their research, employing a variety of statistics to demonstrate just how dire the situation is for those in need. 

For example, they tell us that in 2012, with 95,000 Americans awaiting a kidney transplant—up from 54,000 in 2002—only 16,500 transplant operations were performed, while 4,500 people on wait lists died. They tell us the average wait time for a kidney is 4.5 years, whereas as it was 2.9 years…

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 Matching hearts — and kidneys and lungs. This website makes organ transplants in the US possible

Matching hearts — and kidneys and lungs. This website makes organ transplants in the US possible.

Articles of Interest

Extraordinary Altruism: Who Gives a Kidney to a Stranger?

I have a colleague who would not be alive today if it were not for a complete stranger, who volunteered to give her a kidney. Her kidneys were failing, and she would not have survived for long. Now she is healthy, and has been for some years. So I understand in a personal way that living kidney donation is an extraordinary gift, a far-too-rare act of pure altruism.

Paying People for Kidneys: Is It Ethical?

The shortage of available kidneys for transplantation leaves many people on burdensome dialysis for years, while others die awaiting a functioning kidney. Still, a thriving business takes place underground and in black markets worldwide.

To solve organ shortage, states consider ‘opt-out’ organ donation laws

The shortage of organs for transplantation is a thorny problem. Nearly 118,000 people in the U.S. are on waiting lists for transplants of kidneys, hearts, livers, and other organs; an estimated 8,000 of them will not live to receive a transplant.

Resources

National Foundation for Transplants

NFT empowers patients to create futures with hope.

Organ Donation & Transplant Association of America

The Organ Donation & Transplant Association of America is committed to reaching out to millions of Americans and encouraging organ donation. A choice that can save lives. In addition to our strong commitment to Americans we also recognize the needs of developing countries. By obtaining donated medical equipment, supplies and medicine free of charge we can assist poorer countries. As humanitarians and as good citizens we will send these medical supplies to poverty stricken areas at no cost other than shipping

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is the unified transplant network established by the United States Congress under the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) of 1984. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) maintains the only national patient waiting list and features the most comprehensive data available in any single field of medicine.

OrganDonor.gov

U.S. government organ and tissue donation awareness web site.

Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation

The ROTRF supports important and innovative projects in basic and clinical research applicable to the understanding and care of human organ transplant recipients and related tissue transplants, such as islet transplantation.

SATS

SATS is an organization that confers unity to the entire Transplantation Community of South Africa, maintaining the status quo between a diversity of disciplines and transplant centres, creating a forum for discussion and debate.

Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients is a national database of statistics related to solid organ transplantation - kidney, liver, pancreas, intestine, heart, and lung. The registry covers the full range of transplant activity, from organ donation and waiting list candidates to transplant recipients and survival statistics.

The Transplantation Society

The Transplantation Society will provide the focus for global leadership in transplantation, development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on ethical practice.

Transplant Sport

As a registered Charity our aims are to raise awareness of the need for organ donation in the UK and worldwide and to show thanks to and remember donors and their families. Membership is open to all. Through organising sports and social events for transplant recipients we can show the benefits of organ donation and prove that you can lead a normal and active life again after transplantation.

TransplantBuddies

Established in 1999, the TransplantBuddies site provides information about the transplant process, resources covering drugs and side effects, and daily discussions about living life as a transplant patient. The site also includes members' photos and life stories covering experiences of both transplant recipients and donors.

TransWeb

TransWeb (www.transweb.org) is a nonprofit educational web site serving the world transplant community since 1994. TransWeb features real people's experiences, the top 10 myths about donation, a donation quiz, frequently asked questions with answers, as well as educational reference and videos of U.S. and World Transplant Games. For adults and teens, TransWeb features Give Life: The Transplant Journey a multimedia trip through the donation and transplantation process.

TRIO

TRIO is an independent, not-for-profit, international organization committed to improving the quality of life of transplant candidates, recipients, their families and the families of organ and tissue donors

UNOS

UNOS brings together medicine, science, public policy and technology to facilitate every organ transplant performed in the United States. Every day, UNOS assists transplant doctors, patients, and members of the public by helping to ensure that organs are procured and distributed in a fair and timely manner.

Women in Transplantation

As the number of women transplant professionals increases exponentially, there is an ever increasing need for today’s women to provide support and guidance to future generations of transplant professionals. This TTS initiative looks to create and cultivate the relationships necessary to enable today’s women to reach their full potential in the field of transplantation.

World Transplant Games Federation

For over 30 years the World Transplant Games Federation has been staging international sporting events for transplant athletes in order to demonstrate the physical success of transplant surgery and to raise awareness of the need to increase organ donation.

Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals

ADRP is the only organization devoted exclusively to donor recruitment as a profession. Since the blood, marrow and blood cell, organ and tissue industry is rapidly changing; ADRP can keep you informed on issues affecting these donor recruitment fields.

Be The Match

Be The Match connects patients with their donor match for a life-saving marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant.

Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research

CIBMTR brings together the expertise and unique resources of two leaders in the field of blood and marrow transplant research: the National Marrow Donor Program and the Medical College of Wisconsin's International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry and Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry.

Children's Organ Transplant Association

The road through a transplant is long and difficult, and rarely understood by anyone who has not had the misfortune of traveling that path. The Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA) strives each day to make this journey less stressful for each of our families. - See more at: http://cota.org/about/about_cota.php#sthash.oavIdFu0.dpuf

DTI Foundation

Our commitment is to raise organ donation of the world in order to improve society's quality of life through professional training education

Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies

The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) exists to improve human health through immunology by fostering interdisciplinary approaches to both understand and treat immune-based diseases. Initially established as a cross-disciplinary meeting, FOCIS held its first Annual Meeting in 2001.

Human Tissue Authority

With the interests of the public and those we regulate at the centre of our work, we aim to maintain confidence by ensuring that human tissue is used safely and ethically, and with proper consent. We regulate organisations that remove, store and use tissue for research, medical treatment, post-mortem examination, teaching and display in public. We also give approval for organ and bone marrow donations from living people.

International Liver Transplantation Society

The mission of the International Liver Transplantation Society is to promote and disseminate multidisciplinary scientific advances in liver transplantation worldwide.

International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association

The International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association is a scientific forum for the exchange and discussion of clinical and experimental results and experiences relevant to transplantation of insulin producing tissue in the treatment and cure of diabetes mellitus.

International Pediatric Transplant Association

The International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) is a professional organization of individuals in the field of pediatric transplantation. The purpose of the Association is to advance the science and practice of pediatric transplantation worldwide in order to improve the health of all children who require such treatment.

International Registry of Organ Donation and Transplantation

At IRODaT we want to make open data more accessible, open and free, and not subject to copyright restrictions. We therefore aim to facilitate the work of governments, journalists, scientific research, publications, organisations and the general public.

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation was created in 1981 at a small gathering of about 15 cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. Today we have over 2500 members from over 45 countries, representing over 14 different disciplines involved in the management and treatment of end-state heart and lung disease.

International Transplant Nurses Society

The International Transplant Nurses Society is committed to the promotion of excellence in clinical transplant nursing through the provision of educational and professional growth opportunities, interdisciplinary networking, collaborative activities, and nursing research.

Kidney & Urology Foundation of America

The Kidney & Urology Foundation of America provides research grants and develops quality educational conferences for physicians and other medical professionals in the nephrology, urology and transplant communities.

Liver Kids Australia

Liver Kids Australia was founded in 2013 in response to the lack of general awareness, support and funding around childhood liver disease in Australia. Unlike many other children's health issues, liver disease has a relatively low profile. Over 100 different liver diseases can affect children with many of these leading to cirrhosis. Approximately 1 in 12,000 children are born each year with a liver disease, the most common being Biliary Atresia, an aggressive disease responsible for 60% of all paediatric liver transplants.

Mohan Foundation

MOHAN Foundation is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization started to promote organ donation in 1997 in Chennai by philanthropists and medical professionals led by Dr. Sunil Shroff.

TeleResults

Since 1995, we've been empowering some of the country's leading transplant centers to boost productivity, reduce costs, enhance the quality of patient care, and facilitate regulatory compliance.

Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery

Welcome to the home page of the USTRS, the premier society for Urologists involved with Transplantation and Renal Surgery worldwide. The purpose of the Society is to enhance the quality of physician training, research and patient care in transplantation and renal surgery.

World Marrow Donor Association

WMDA promotes global collaboration and the sharing of best practices between its members for the benefit of stem cell donors and patients.

American Association of Tissue Banks

Since the first reported transplant in the 12th century, tissue transplantation has established a phenomenal record of growth, safety and effectiveness. As modern medicine finds newer and better uses for human tissue to save and improve lives, the numbers of donors, tissue allografts and tissue transplants will continue to increase, as will the AATB’s role in protecting the safety of tissue transplants.

American Board for Transplant Certification

ABTC is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to award a voluntary, non-governmental certification credential to qualified transplant coordinators or transplant nurses who have successfully passed the certification examination, which represents a standard of competence.

American Organ Transplant Association

Since 1986, the American Organ Transplant Association (AOTA) has been helping patients with free transportation to and from their transplant center, many times hundreds of miles away. AOTA also provides transplant patients and their loved ones with resources regarding transplantation.

American Society for Artificial Internal Organs

A Premier Society for physicians, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs dedicated to the continually evolving field of artificial organs. Formed in 1955 to promote the increase of knowledge about artificial internal organs and of their utilization, it was the forum for first presentations about devices replacing the function of kidneys, hearts, lungs, pancreas and other organs.

American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation

The ASRT was founded on July 9th, 2008. The overall goal of the society is to provide a platform for the advancement of education, science and practice of reconstructive transplant surgery. The guiding principle of the Society is to provide members and visitors with a concept that enables and encourages everybody with an interest in Reconstructive Transplantation to participate towards our goal of promoting progress and information exchange in this growing field.

American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Our mission is dedicated to improving the application and success of blood and marrow transplantation and related cellular therapies. We strive to be the leading organization promoting research, education and clinical practice in the field.

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Today the American Society of Transplant Surgeons' membership includes over 1100 transplant surgeons, physicians, scientists and allied health professionals from all around the globe.

American Society of Transplantation

Dedicated to advancing the field of transplantation through the promotion of research, education, advocacy, and organ donation to improve patient care.

American Transplant Congress

The ATC is the premier educational event in the field of basic and clinical transplantation.

American Transplant Foundation

Our mission is to save lives by reducing the growing list of women, men, and children who are waiting for a transplant. We do this by maximizing living organ donation, which is the most effective way to fulfill our mission.

Australasian Transplant Coordinators Association

The Australasian Transplant Coordinators Association (ATCA) promotes communication and collaboration amongst organ and tissue donor and transplant coordinators in Australia and New Zealand. ATCA collaborates with regional and international associations or societies interested in transplant coordination and related subjects. ATCA promotes research, development and education in the field of organ and tissue donation and transplantation.

Australian and New Zealand Cardiothoracic Organ Transplant Registry

The Registry contains information on every heart, heart/lung and lung transplant performed in all six Australia and New Zealand Cardiothoracic Transplant centers since they commenced being performed on a regular basis in 1984.

BCTransplant

The British Columbia Transplant Society (BCTS), established in 1986, directs, delivers or contracts for all organ transplant services across BC.

Belgian Transplantation Society

The aims of our society are · to stimulate the study of all matters related to transplantation of organs, tissues or cells by organising scientific meetings, etc; · and to be an organism with whom the government or other organisation can discuss all transplantation issues.

British Transplantation Society

The British Transplantation Society (the BTS) is the professional voice of transplantation in the UK, representing all the varied disciplines in transplantation including clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, scientists involved both in basic research and in histocompatibility laboratories, ethicists and other professions allied to medicine. The BTS was formed in 1972 and its membership is open to all professionals working in the field of transplantation. It hosts an annual congress for its members, and also runs a variety of meetings throughout the year including an annual ethics conference, live donation conference, and training workshops.

Canadian Liver Foundation

Our mandate is to promote liver health and to reduce the incidence and impact of all liver disease. To achieve this goal, we work through our volunteer chapters across the country to improve public awareness and understanding of liver health and liver disease, raise funds for research and reach out to liver disease patients and their families.

Canadian Society of Transplantation

The Canadian Society of Transplantation (CAT) is a national non-profit association committed to facilitating and enhancing the transplant process. This is done in an atmosphere of respect for human dignity in partnership with others committed to organ and tissue donation and the benefits of transplantation.

Canadian Transplant Association

The Canadian Transplant Association was created in 1987 to raise awareness about organ donation and celebrate the success of transplants in saving lives. We are a registered non-profit organization (Charitable tax No. 13181 5862 RR0001) comprised of transplant recipients, athletes, and volunteers dedicated to promoting organ donation through public advocacy and events including the National Transplant Games and World Transplant Games.

Canadian Transplant Society

Founded in 2009, the Canadian Transplant Society is dedicated to furthering the goals of transplant medicine across Canada.

European Liver Transplant Registry

The ELTR has the following objectives : 1.Registry of all liver transplantation (LT) procedures in Europe. 2.Link between European LT Centers 3.Scientific use and publications.

European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Our mission is to save the lives of patients with blood cancers and other life-threatening diseases by advancing the fields of blood and marrow transplantation and cell therapy worldwide through science, education and patient care.

European Society for Organ Transplantation

Professionals who are actively involved in transplantation are cordially invited to join the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT).

Eurotransplant

Eurotransplant is a non-profit organization that facilitates patient-oriented allocation and cross-border exchange of deceased donor organs. Active for transplant centers and their associated tissue typing laboratories and donor hospitals in eight countries, Eurotransplant ensures an optimal use of donor organs.

Malaysian Society of Transplantation

Malaysian Society of Transplantation became a registered society on 22 July 1994. It was conceived to meet the needs of promoting transplantation in Malaysia. The objectives of the society are: -Promote and assist in the development of organ and tissue transplatation in Malaysia. -Disseminate and exchange information relating to the field of transplantation at both national and international levels. -Ensure and maintain ethical standards in the field of transplantation in Malaysia.

Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation

The Society promotes and encourages education, research and cooperation in the field of organ transplantation between the medical centers in the various Middle East, North African and neighboring Mid-Asian countries for the purpose of advancing the art and science of transplantation and serves the patients of this region through the application of new knowledge and advances in the transplantation of organs for the treatment of human disease.

NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority, dedicated to saving and improving lives through the wide range of services we provide to the NHS. Our ambition is to be the best organisation of our type in the world.

North American Transplant Coordinators Organization

NATCO, The Organization for Transplant Professionals is committed to the advancement of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. We lead the donation and transplantation community by uniting our members, advancing education and promoting research and advocacy.

Scandiatransplant

Scandiatransplant is the organ exchange organization for the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. All Nordic patients waiting for an organ transplantation are listed on one common list for each organ. Scandiatransplant ensures that all necessary data are available for the transplant professionals to allocate the organs according to rules adapted by the association and monitors compliance with these rules. Scandiatransplant is also used as the link between the Nordic transplantation community and the rest of the world.

Transplant Society of Pakistan

Its mission is to promote and encourage education and research in the field of transplantation in Pakistan, promote and encourage deceased donor programme in Pakistan, create a forum for discussion of problems related to the field of transplantation including medical, ethical, social and legal aspects...

Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand

The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand has as members, scientists, doctors, transplant coordinators and research students with an interest in all forms of transplantation.

Turkish Transplantation Centers Coordinators Association

TCCA has set the basis of organ procurement and distribution by taking the Eurotransplant system. The association works with the participation of multiple transplantation centers.

Turkish Transplantation Society

The purpose of TTS is to promote and encourage research and education in the field of organ transplantation, to partake in national and international scientific activities and to ensure communication between organizations alike.

UK Renal Registry

The UK Renal Registry is a resource for the development of patient care in renal disease. It was established by the Renal Association with support from the Department of Health, the British Association of Paediatric Nephrologists, and the British Transplant Society.