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#1 Frequently
Asked Questions
Article #2: Organ/Tissue
Donation and Transplantation
Article
#3:
Facts About Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Article
#4:
Transplantation Primer: Guide to Liver Transplantation
Article
#5: Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral
Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
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#1: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q:
Who can become a donor?
Q:
Are there age limits for donors?
Q:
How do I express my wishes to become an organ and tissue donor?
Q:
If I sign a donor card, or indicate my donation preferences
on my driver’s license, will my wishes be carried out?
Q:
What organs and tissues can I donate?
Q:
If I sign a donor card, will it affect the quality of medical
care I receive at the hospital?
Q:
Will donation disfigure my body? Can there be an open casket
funeral?
Q:
Why should minorities be particularly concerned about organ
donation?
Q:
Are there any costs to my family for donation?
Q:
Can I sell my organs?
Q:
How are organs distributed?
Q:
How many people are currently wait listed for each organ so
they can have a transplant?
Q:
Can I be an organ and tissue donor and also donate my body to
medical science?
Q:
Can non-resident aliens donate and receive organs?
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#2: ORGAN TISSUE DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION
A.
Introduction
B.
Brain Death
C.
Non-heartbeating Donors
D.
Organ commerce
E.
Prisoners as organ donors or recipients
F.
Allocation concerns
G.
Issues Concerning Consent
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#3: FACTS ABOUT HEART & HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
- What
are bone marrow and stem cells?
- What
are bone marrow transplantation and peripheral blood stem cell
transplantation?.
- How
are BMT and PBSCT used in cancer treatment?
- What
types of cancer use BMT and PBSCT?
- How
is the donor’s marrow matched to the patient’s marrow in allogeneic
or syngeneic transplantation?
- How
is bone marrow obtained for transplantation?
- How
are PBSCs obtained for transplantation?
- Are
there any risks associated with donating bone marrow?
- Are
there any risks associated with donating PBSCs?
- How
does the patient receive the bone marrow or PBSCs during the transplant?
- Are
any special measures taken when the cancer patient is also the
donor (autologous transplant)?
- What
happens after the bone marrow or stem cells have been transplanted
to the patient?
- What
are the possible side effects of BMT and PBSCT?
- What
is a “minitransplant”?
- How
do patients cover the cost of BMT or PBSCT?
- Where
can people get more information about potential donors and transplant
centers?
- Where
can people get more information about clinical trials of BMT and
PBSCT?
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#4: TRANSPLANT PRIMER: GUIDE TO LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Step
1: Evaluating candidates for liver transplantation
Step
2: Waiting
Step
3: The Transplant Surgery
Step
4: After Transplant Surgery
Step
5: Returning home
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#5: TRANSPLANT PRIMER: GUIDE TO LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
- What
are bone marrow and stem cells?
- What
are bone marrow transplantation and peripheral blood stem cell
transplantation?
- How
are BMT and PBSCT used in cancer treatment?
- What
types of cancer use BMT and PBSCT?
- How
is the donor’s marrow matched to the patient’s marrow in allogeneic
or syngeneic transplantation?
- How
is bone marrow obtained for transplantation?
- How
are PBSCs obtained for transplantation?
- Are
there any risks associated with donating bone marrow?
- Are
there any risks associated with donating PBSCs?
- How
does the patient receive the bone marrow or PBSCs during the transplant?
- Are
any special measures taken when the cancer patient is also the
donor (autologous transplant)?
- What
happens after the bone marrow or stem cells have been transplanted
to the patient?
- What
are the possible side effects of BMT and PBSCT?
- What
is a “minitransplant”?
- How
do patients cover the cost of BMT or PBSCT?
- Where
can people get more information about potential donors and transplant
centers?
- Where
can people get more information about clinical trials of BMT and
PBSCT?
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