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• From Israel, a radical way to boost organ donation

  Registered organ donors in the United States can also get preferred access to donated organs at www.LifeSharers.org. LifeSharers is a national network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other members, if any member is a suitable match, before making them available to others.

  LifeSharers membership is free. There is no age limit, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition.

  03/13/2010 6:56 AM
• From Israel, a radical way to boost organ donation

  Registered organ donors in the United States can also get preferred access to donated organs at www.LifeSharers.org. LifeSharers is a national network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other members, if any member is a suitable match, before making them available to others.

  LifeSharers membership is free. There is no age limit, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition.

  03/13/2010 6:54 AM
• Obama, time to repeal National Organ Transplant Act

  As the death toll from the organ shortage mounts, public opinion will eventually support an organ market.  Changes in public policy will then follow.

  In the mean time, there is an already-legal way to put a big dent in the organ shortage—allocate donated organs first to people who have agreed to donate their own organs when they die. UNOS, which manages the national organ allocation system, has the power to make this simple policy change. No legislative action is required.

  Americans who want to donate their organs to other registered organ donors don’t have to wait for UNOS to act. They can join LifeSharers, a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition.

  Giving organs first to organ donors will convince more people to register as organ donors.  It will also make the organ allocation system fairer.  Non-donors should go to the back of the waiting list as long as there is a shortage of organs.
  

  12/17/2008 7:51 AM

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