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Organ donation

  • Overview
  • What is organ donation?
    • What is organ and tissue donation?
    • What is the law on organ donation?
    • How you can register your organ donation decision
    • The role of the family in organ donation
    • People who want to be deceased organ donors – how the law helps
  • Experiences of donor families before the 'opt out' system
    • Before going to hospital
    • At the hospital
    • Consenting to organ donation before the opt-out system
    • Saying goodbye before organ donation surgery
    • Interacting with doctors and nurses in intensive care
    • The organ donation specialist nurse
    • The funeral
    • Coping with bereavement
    • Contact with the recipients after organ transplantation
    • Support and where to find help
    • The inquest
  • Experiences of donor family after the 'opt out' system
    • Families introduce themselves and their relatives who sadly died
    • Organ donation & ethnicity
    • Organ donation & faith
    • The impact of organ donation
    • Organ donation for children
  • Experiences of living donors
    • Deciding to become a living donor
    • Assessment and tests for living donor kidney transplantation
    • Having surgery for living kidney donation
    • Recovery at home and follow up after living donor kidney surgery
    • Feelings after donating a kidney
    • Telling family, friends, and other people about donating a kidney
    • How donating a kidney affected work and finances
    • The recipient's health
  • Experiences of recipients
    • Life before the transplant
    • Waiting on the list and the call for transplant
    • Having transplant surgery
    • Everyday life after the transplant
    • Health issues after the transplant
    • Contacting the donor family
    • Effects on family and friends
  • Views on organ donation before the 'opt out' system
    • Views on organ donation before the 'opt out' system from donor families
    • Views on organ donation from living donors
    • Views on organ donation from recipients
  • People's Profiles
    • Living donors
    • Recipients
    • Donor families before the 'opt out' system
    • Donor families after the 'opt out' system
    • Family members
    • Health professionals
  • Resources and Information
  • Credits

Organ donation

Profiles - Donor families after the 'opt out' system

Ashleigh

Aylin

Carol

Charles

Jim

John

Julia

Lara

Leena

Louise

Lucy

Mary

Melina

Paul, Alison, Lucy and Tom

Peter

Sara

Yusuf

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