Living Donors
Unless you’re personally touched by the issue, unless you have a child that gets a virus and suddenly needs a new heart, you don’t really think about it - Tiffanie Wen
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How Can We Get More Living Organ Donors?
Allowing people to sell organs is a fraught issue, but maybe they could be reimbursed for the costs of donation.
Why Don't More People Want to Donate Their Organs?
Unless you’re personally touched by the issue, unless you have a child that gets a virus and suddenly needs a new heart, you don’t really think about it.
Articles of Interest
Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation
To establish a universal system that pairs living persons willing to donate a kidney with those needing kidney transplants, in order to increase the number of living donor kidney transplants; improve outcomes for kidney transplant recipients; and significantly reduce public and private costs incurred by chronic kidney disease.
Donate Life America
Committed to increasing the number of donated organs, eyes and tissue available to save and heal lives, while continuing to develop a culture where donation is embraced as a fundamental human responsibility.
Living Donor 101
Our goal is not to promote living organ donatinon, but to provide the information and support necessary for an individual to make an educated decision about living donation - whether as a potential donor, would-be recipient, or living donor loved one.
Living Donors Online
This is a place where you can view videos and read about the experiences of others who have actually gone through the living donation process.
Living Kidney Donor network
Our purpose is to share knowledge and build the confidence to enable the life changing benefits of living donation.
MatchingDonors
MatchingDonors has become the most successful nonprofit organization that is finding living altruistic organ donors for patients needing transplants.
My Living Kidney Donation
My name is Valerie. I am a heavily tattooed, agnostic, motorcycle rider. I am also a Living Kidney Donor.
National Living Donor Assistance Center
Providing financial assistance to those who want to donate an organ, priority is given to individuals not otherwise able to afford the travel and subsistence expenses associated with living organ donation.
