Common Book: Organ Thieves

Donate Life Virginia works to increase the number of organ, eye, and tissue donors in Virginia.

Contains bioethics information about organ transplantation including fair and equitable organ distribution, organ supply, consent, and other issues.

UNOS manages the U.S. organ transplantation system, leads the network of transplant hospitals and organ procurement organizations, and focuses on strengthening the transplant system and increasing the amount of recovered organs to create equity among patients in need of organ transplants.

Overview of transplant programs, services, and patient support from VCU Health

Website provides patient-level information about the organs that can be transplanted, living before and after transplantation, information for donors such as costs and children’s health, and community resources.

A page for patients to learn about organs available for transplant, how these organs work, and what is done during the transplant procedure.

Advice for patients after they have had an organ transplant, including topics such as rejection prevention, comorbidity management, lifestyle changes, and more.

A page with information for patients who have been recommended by their doctor to be evaluated for a transplant. Includes facts about the pre-transplant process.

Information to help patients create a financial plan for their transplant costs. Provides links to resources for housing, prescription, transportation, and overall financial assistance.

Answers to frequently asked questions about organ transplantation.

Information on matching donor organs with transplant candidates, including information on the medical data involved and the “match run” rank-order list of transplant candidates.

A page for transplant patients describing the various roles of individuals they should become familiar with throughout the transplant process. This includes the financial coordinator, transplant physician, transplant surgeon, social worker, dietician, and others.

This page describes best practices to help prevent the patient’s body rejecting their new organ.

This page provides information on waiting for an organ transplant, how the organ procurement organization and organ transplant center interact, and dispels the falsehoods about wait lists.

Information about social works and other resources offered for transplant patients through the Hume-Lee Transplant Center.

Nutrition plays an important role in a patient’s transplant journey.

SRTR receives data collected by other organizations, manages and analyzes these data, and supplies data, summary reports, and analyses to the transplant community.

Answers to frequently asked questions about organ donation such as who can be a donor and how the matching process works.

Information on organ donation for patients and professionals.

List of common misconceptions about organ donation, including topics such as costs, wait lists, fitness to donate, and religious beliefs.

Information on the types of living donation, being a living donor, the organs that can be transplanted, and the operation.

Website provides patient-level information about the organs that can be transplanted, living before and after transplantation, information for donors such as costs and children’s health, and community resources.