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  2. Organ donation - Wikipedia

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    Organ donation. Organ donation is the process when a person authorizes an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive, through a legal authorization for deceased donation made prior to death, or for deceased donations through the authorization by the legal next of kin ...

  3. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Wikipedia

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    The UAGA was drafted in order to increase organ and blood supplies and donation and to protect patients in the United States. It replaced numerous state laws concerning transplantation and laws lacking a uniform procedure of organ donation and an inadequate process of becoming a donor. All states adopted the original version of the law.

  4. United Network for Organ Sharing - Wikipedia

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    The United Network for Organ Sharing ( UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ( OPTN) in the United States, established ( 42 U.S.C. ยง 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.

  5. Organ donation in India - Wikipedia

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    Organ donation in India is regulated by the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994. The law allows both deceased and living donors to donate their organs. It also identifies brain death as a form of death. [ 1] The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) functions as the apex body for activities of relating to ...

  6. Religious views on organ donation - Wikipedia

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    Muslims believe that humans do not have ownership of their body or spirit, as it is considered to be God's gift. [20] [21] Judges of organ donation ethics question whether the noble act of donating an organ outweighs the desecration of a dead body. [5] Additionally, some Muslims believe that all body parts must be present on the Day of ...

  7. Flight delays for organs: Here's why the donation ... - AOL

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    New regulations that were enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks have meant that organs need to travel as freight when they are shipped by air, which extends the time it takes them to get from donor ...

  8. Bill to revamp national organ donation system goes to ... - AOL

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    For the first time, the national Organ Procurement and Transplant Network may be opened up to organizations other than the nonprofit United Network for Organ Sharing.

  9. Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994

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    The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 is the Law enacted by the Parliament of India and introduced by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare dated 4 February 1994, which deals with the transplantation and donation of 11 human organs and tissues of an alive donor or deceased person. [ 1]