What are the advantages of organ donation?
Organ donation can take two different forms. In one instance, the individual receives an organ that has been donated after the donor has passed away, also called a cadaver donation. In the second instance, an individual receives either an organ or tissue from a living donor. Finding enough organs for those in need has been difficult for transplant teams across the country. Waiting lists are long and filled with stories of individuals whose lives hang in the balance while waiting for an organ or tissue. According to the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, 46,489 people were waiting for kidneys in 1999 and more than 91,000 were waiting for a kidney transplant in 2010.
