Each day, nearly 60 Americans receive a transplanted kidney, liver, or other organâ€"a literal "second chance at life"â€"but 11 others die waiting for an

The organ donation and transplantation system strives to honor the gift of donated organs by fully using those organs to save and improve the quality of the liv

This well-illustrated handbook provides answers to important questions that may arise during the retrieval of multiple organs for transplantation and offers ste

Rates of organ donation lag far behind the increasing need. At the start of 2006, more than 90,000 people were waiting to receive a solid organ (kidney, liver,

Non-heart-beating donors (individuals whose deaths are determined by cessation of heart and respiratory function rather than loss of whole brain function) could