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The National Donor Monument, Naarden, the Netherlands Organ donation is the process when a person authorizes an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive, through a legal authorization for deceased donation made prior to death, or for deceased donations through the authorization by the legal next of kin.
In the U.S. last year, doctors performed more than 42,800 organ transplants. But there are still over 100,000 people waiting for lifesaving donations.
Organ donation. Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland (Gaelic: Deonú agus Trasphlandú Organ Éireann ), part of Ireland's Health Service Executive, manages the overall process of donation and retrieval in Ireland. [ 4] Donors in Ireland can be living or dead. Usually living donations consist of giving a kidney to a loved one.
Honor walk. An honor walk (or hero walk) is a ceremonial event to commemorate a patient whose organs are donated. The event normally takes place as the patient is transported to an operating room or waiting ambulance prior to organ procurement. It is typically held for patients on life support with no chance of survival, but can also be held ...
Most people know that organ donations save lives and, in fact, more than 90 percent of Americans support organ donation. But only about 50 percent of U.S. adults are actually registered organ and ...
EU Facts and Figures. "Key facts and figures on EU organ donation and transplantation", EU Directorate General for Health & Consumers, London, 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 31 March 2012. Johnson, E. and Goldstein, D. Do defaults save lives?. Science Magazine, 21 November 2003.
There are three opportunities for donation after someone dies: organ, tissue and Vascularized Composite Allograft, or VCA donation such a hand and face transplants. The decision is up to the donor.
The United Network for Organ Sharing ( UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ( OPTN) in the United States, established ( 42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.