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