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Any questions about organ donation and/or transplantation can be answered by utilizing the references listed underneath. The approved links are organizations which have allowed me direct access to link to their sites, or those sites that encourage such links being placed to them. The other resources list consists of organizations I am waiting to hear from, or those who did not choose to be directly connected to this site. These sites can be found by way of any internet search engine, such as Yahoo!, Lycos, AltaVista, or Hotbot. | ||
APPROVED LINKS: American Heart Association Learn more about heart disease, what is being done to correct and prevent it, and transplantation. UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) Since 1984...sharing organs, sharing data, sharing life. UNOS, a non-profit organization, maintains the nation's organ transplant waiting list under contract with the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Mass General Hospital Transplantation Unit One of the top transplant centers in the nation. Transplantation Biology Research Center A unit of Mass General Hospital specializing in transplant research. www.shareyourlife.org Dedicated to educating the public about organ and tissue donation, correcting misconceptions about organ donations and creating a greater willingness to donate. www.patients.unos.org UNOS transplant living. Meet recipients, donor families, and professionals. Visit this site for organ and center specific data. |
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OTHER RESOURCES:(easily available via search engines) Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (or your state's Motor Vehicles Deaprtment) National Kidney Foundation Gift Of Life Bone Marrow Foundation New England Organ Bank NorthEast Organ Procurement Organization Lions Clubs of America Eye Banks The Coalition on Organ and Tissue Donation |
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participating in an organ donor program. I thank you. Theresa's family and friends thank you. The many people waiting for transplants thank you. And I'm sure that wherever our Theresa is, she would thank you too. |
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