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.

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.

Resource Document for 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.

Living Liver Donor Evaluation Guidelines Guidelines for potential living liver transplant recipient and donor evaluations from the OPTN/UNOS Ad Hoc Living Donor Committee.

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.

Department of Justice Opinion Regarding Legality of Paired Kidney Donation

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