Listed below are free publications designed to help patients with the organ transplant process. If you're interested in receiving a custom patient information packet specific to one or more organs, please contact Patient Services.

What Every Patient Needs to Know Lo que todo paciente necesita saber Information about organ transplantation, living donation, financial strategies and more.

Organ Transplants: What Every Kid Needs to Know Information to make the transplant process easier to understand for elementary-age children in need of an organ transplant.

Partnering with Your Transplant Team: The Patients Guide to Transplantation Como colaborar con su equipo de trasplantes A valuable 106 page booklet that includes topics such as waiting for a transplant, sources of financial support, transplant resources and more.

UNOS Facts and Figures Information about how the United Network for Organ Sharing coordinate's the nation's organ transplant system.

Regional Review Boards Q & A Information about how Regional Review Boards provide prompt peer review for specified patient registration on the OPTN/UNOS heart and liver transplantation waiting lists.

MELD/PELD Resources Information about how the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) and Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD), numerical scales that are currently used for liver allocation. Q &A About MELD and PELD Q &A About MELD and PELD (Spanish Version) MELD/PELD Calculator Q&A MELD/PELD Calculator Q&A (Spanish Version)

Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys Resources Q &A About a Change in Kidney Allocation Policy Q &A About a Change in Kidney Allocation Policy (Spanish Version)

Multiple Listing Resources Q&A for Transplant Candidates and Families about Multiple Listing and Waiting Time Transfer Q&A for Transplant Candidates and Families about Multiple Listing and Waiting Time Transfer(Spanish Version)

Q&A About the Change in Lung Allocation Policy Easy-to-read information explaining the policy change.

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