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These articles, which deal with organ donation, are listed by how relevanct they are to understanding the halachic and medical debate. Please note that not all the articles are written by halachic authorities and that some are in Hebrew.

1. LifeSharers
   LifeSharers is a non-profit voluntary network of organ donors that offers its members preferrred access to the organs of other members.
   
   
2. Donor Alliance
   "Say yes to organ and tissue donation."
   
   
3. Why Families Say No to Organ Donation
   Article in Critical Care Nurse
   
   
4. Organdonor.gov
   U.S. Government Information on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation
   
   
5. United Network for Organ Sharing
   "To advance organ availability and transplantation by uniting and supporting its communities for the benefit of patients through education, technology and policy development."
   
   
6. TransWeb
   "All About Transplantation and Donation."
   
   
7. Donate Life
   What you need to know about donating organs and transplantation.
   
   
8. The Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship Fund
   Dedicated to the memory of Alisa Flatow, an Orthodox Jewish 20 year-old student, whose organs were donated after she was killed in Israel during her year of study on April 9, 1995.
   
   
9. Jewish Law - Halachic Forms
   Orthodox Union
   
   
10. The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute for Medical-Halachic Research
    of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center
    
    
11. Organ Donation: Don't Let Myths Stand in your Way
    MayoClinic.com
    
    
12. Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
    Medical Development for Israel Inc. is the not-for-profit 501(c)(3) support organization for the Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel. Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel is the only comprehensive, highly specialized care hospital of its kind in the country and in the Middle East, dedicated exclusively to the well-being of all children and adolescents. Israels National Center for Transplantation oversees the coordination of donors and recipients and works in close cooperation with all the countrys hospitals.
    
    
13. American Transplant Foundation
    The facts about organ and tissue donation; learn more about living organ donation and what it takes to become a living donor.
    
    
14. American Liver Foundation
    The American Liver Foundation (ALF) is the nation's leading nonprofit organization promoting liver health and disease prevention
    
    
15. The Israeli National Association of Kidney Transplantees and Dialysis Patients
    The Association is a voluntary non-profit organization and is recorded as such by the appropriate Israeli Governmental agency ("Rasham ha-amutot"). The main objective of the Association is to help its members in all fields related to their conditions.
    
    
16. Save 1 Person
    Founded by Laurie Finkelstein the organization's goal is to spread its message of kindness to all media outlets around the world.
    
    
17. Renewal
    Renewal is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting people suffering fromvarious forms of kidney disease. We are a multi-faceted proactive team that is dedicated to saving lives through kidney donation.

18.   ADI - Israel's National Transplant Center

        The National Transplant Center is the sole organization in Israel in which registration for

        transplant is done and by means of which the allocation (distribution) of the organs for

        transplant takes place.  Click here to register for an ADI card, Israel's organ donor card.

19.  Support for living donors and recipients bereaved by a transplant

        A new international support group intended primarily for those who were involved in a

        living transplant as either a donor or a recipient, and suffered the loss of the other person as a

        consequence of the surgery.

20.  A List of Organizations Related to Donation & Transplantation

        Organdonor.gov provides a list broken down by organs, tissues, blood donation, and related

        health organizations.

21.  National Kidney Registry

        An organization that works to facilitate living donor transplants. 

22.  Blood donation

         This article provides information about blood donation and other information about blood.