Listed below are free publications designed to help patients learn more about living donation. You can also use the Member Directory to find a transplant program in your region, build a data report to display centers that perform various types of living donation or learn more about the details about living donation.

Date Resource
4/24/08 PDF Format Living Donation | Information You Need to Know
This 12 page booklet is a resource for potential living donors and transplant candidates.
9/28/09 PDF Format Living Donation | Information You Need to Know - Spanish
This 12 page booklet is a resource for potential living donors and transplant candidates.
6/20/08 PDF Format Guidance for the Development of Program-Specific Living Kidney Donor Medical Evaluation Protocols
Resource document to help living donor kidney transplant programs establish or revise medical protocols for evaluating potential living donors.
9/17/08 PDF Format Guidance for the Informed Consent of Living Donors
Resource document developed by the OPTN/UNOS Living Donor Committee to help transplant professionals obtain the informed consent of all living donors.
7/27/09 PDF Format Guidance for the Informed Consent of Living Donors - Spanish
Resource document developed by the OPTN/UNOS Living Donor Committee to help transplant professionals obtain the informed consent of all living donors.
6/25/04 PDF Format Living Liver Donor Evaluation Guidelines
Guidelines for potential living liver transplant recipient and donor evaluations from the OPTN/UNOS Ad Hoc Living Donor Committee.
6/19/07 PDF Format Statement: Kidney Paired Donations, Kidney List Donations and NOTA
This analysis of the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) is provided as a general resource for the organ transplant community and for counsel advising organ transplant programs and organ procurement.
3/28/07 PDF Format Department of Justice Opinion Regarding Legality of Paired Kidney Donation

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