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organ donationEach year more than 70,000 seriously ill patients await donor hearts, kidneys, lungs, livers, and pancreases. Every day 60 people on this list receive a donated organ and live. On that same day 16 people on the list receive nothing and die. Signing your donor card gives someone a second chance at life. One beautiful summer night in the Sacramento valley, the director of Heartbeat and the programmer of this website attended a concert featuring Phil Lesh, former bass player for the Grateful Dead. At evening's end, Mr. Lesh encouraged members of the audience to sign their donor cards - Lesh himself was recently the beneficiary of a donated kidney. That, we realized, is what organ donation is all about. Probably the most comprehensive website for organ donor information is at Organ Donation. It gives information on organ donation, debunks myths, answers Frequently Asked Questions, and follows donor legislation. It also allows you to sign up as an organ donor. web sitesTransWeb: All About Transplantation and Donation puts a human face to organ donation Regional Organ Bank of Illinois is another good informational site. United Network for Organ Sharing "is dedicated to the patients waiting and the donor families who have shared the gift of life." Coalition On Donation is a not-for-profit alliance of local coalitions and national organizations who have joined forces to promote organ and tissue donation.Australian Red Cross Organ Donation Nicholas Green Foundation Inc - its purpose is to increase awareness worldwide regarding the importance of organ donation http://www.greenfoundation.com/ Islamic Society - Organ Donation and Transplantation http://www.unn.ac.uk/societies/islamic/about/modern/organ.htm MORE Foundation of Ontario - Organ Donation Organisation http://www.transplant-ontario.org/ International Transplant Coordinators Society http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/facdep/medicine/itcs/Home.html Complete list of USA organ donation agencies (OPOs) http://www.asf.org/opolist.html Transplant Recipients International Organisation http://www.primenet.com/~trio/ M.O.R.E Program of Ontario http://www.primenet.com/~trio/ British Columbia Transplant Society http://www.transplant.bc.ca/index.html British Organ Donation Society http://www.argonet.co.uk/body/index.html First Family Pledge - an initiative of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons http://www.familypledge.org/ Transplant Awareness Inc. http://www.transplantawareness.org National Donor Family Council http://www.kidney.org/recips/donor/ booksOrgan and Tissue Donation; Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues A Gift of Life: A Page From the Life of a Living Organ Donor Precious Gifts: Katie Coolican's Story. Barklay and Eve Explain Organ and Tissue Donation Organ and Tissue Donation; Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues Organ and Tissue Donation for Transplantation The Nicholas Effect: A Boy's Gift to the World A Gift of Life: A Page From the Life of a Living Organ Donor Organ Transplants : A Patient's Guide Defying the Gods : Inside the New Frontiers of Organ Transplants The Ethics of Organ Transplants : The Current Debate Organ Transplantation : Meanings and Realities
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