Patient Links
Your patients may benefit from information provided through the following Web sites:
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United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit, scientific and educational organization that administers the nation's only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), established by the U.S. Congress. This Web site has information on organ donation, transplantation procedures, and transplant living.
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www.transplantliving.org is a Web site presented by UNOS that is dedicated to providing up-to-date, comprehensive online resources for transplant patients and their families. This Web site seeks to educate visitors about a full range of medications, treatments, emerging trends, and research available on the subject of transplantation.
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Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO) is an independent, not-for-profit, international organization committed to improving the quality of life of transplant candidates, recipients, their families, and the families of organ and tissue donors. This Web site contains an extensive listing to links for organ-specific transplants.
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Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) supports the ongoing evaluation of the scientific and clinical status of solid organ transplantation in the United States and maintains data on transplant recipients. This Web site contains facts and statistics about organ and tissue transplantation.
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www.organdonor.gov is the official U.S. Government Web site for organ and tissue donation and transplantation. This Web site contains links to information on organ procurement organizations, donation & transplantation organizations, and transplant financial resources.
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TransWeb is a non-profit educational Web site based at the University of Michigan. The site features news and events, real people's experiences, facts and myths about donation, a donation quiz, and a large collection of questions and answers, and a comprehensive reference area.
Other Web sites that may be of interest to patients:
American Association of Kidney Patients
www.aakp.org
American Liver Foundation
www.liverfoundation.org
American Organ Procurement Organization
www.aopo.org
American Society of Transplantation
www.A-S-T.org
Children's Organ Transplant Association
www.cota.org
Gift of Life Foundation
www.giftoflifefoundation.com
International Liver Transplant Society
www.ilts.org
Kidney Options (an educational resource for people who have or know people with
kidney disease)
www.kidneyoptions.com
Medscape transplantation homepage
www.medscape.com/transplantation-home
National Foundation for Transplants
www.transplants.org
National Kidney Foundation
www.kidney.org
National Transplant Assistance Fund
www.transplantfund.org
United Resource Networks
www.urnweb.com