Organ Donation

Follow the links below to find information on organ or tissue donation.

For information on transplants, blood donation or blood transfusion, follow the links to the specific HealthInsite topic pages below.

Updated May 2008

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Transplants
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Links to information on all types of transplantation, including bone marrow, heart, kidney, liver and stem cell transplants, and also xenotransplantation.
Blood Donation
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Links to information about donating blood.
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Title:   Organ donation
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The Organ Donor Registry allows people to formally register their wish to donate their organs after they die. Up to 2000 Australians are waiting for a donated organ to save their lives. Authorised hospital staff may check the register to see if you wish to donate organs or body tissue.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Media release. Zaidee's rainbow hair net day
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Zaidee's Rainbow Hair Net Day - a day to raise awareness of organ donation among schoolchildren and their families.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Media release. Rudd Government acts to lift organ donation rates
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government would immediately begin work on a range of possible activities to increase the rate of organ and tissue donation, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Jan McLucas, said on 15 February.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Organ Donor Register
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   This page provides information about the Australian Organ Donor Register (AODR), a national register that allows people to record their donation decision. It includes details on how to register to become a donor.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Media release. Organ donation legislation passes Senate
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The passage through the Senate today of the legislation setting up the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority marks a new era of hope for people needing organ transplants.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Ethical issues
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This section of the site contains information about the many ethically significant and complex issues relating to human health and research. AHEC has considered, or is currently considering, a number of these issues. Information on some of these issues, with links to documents produced by AHEC or the NHMRC more broadly, is provided below.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Ethics around organ donation
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   As donations remain stagnant and need increases, what are the ethical issues that we, as a society, face around organ transplants.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Organs retained at autopsy: ethical and practical issues
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   Advice to the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge, covering the practical and ethical issues of organs retained at autopsy without permission from next-of-kin.
Date:   Aug 2001
Title:   Wills and funerals
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   If you want to be the one to decide what happens to your property and belongings (assets) after your death, then it is important that you have a will. Also if you have specific wishes as to what happens to your body after your death it is important that people know.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Medicare Australia
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   Medicare Australia is an Australian government agency and plays an integral role in the Australian health sector. Its objective is to assist in improving health outcomes in Australia. These health programs include: Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, the Australian Organ Donor Register and several professional programs to support health outcomes.
Date:   Jan 2008
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