How to Donate a Kidney and Live to Tell About It

This guide book by J. K. Alvarez is intended to help you formulate questions related to becoming a living kidney donor. You will also find many answers to questions you may already have about living kidney donation.You will find useful information about kidney donation, kidney transplantation, living donors, transplant centers, how to donate, what to expect, who the transplant team is, and how to navigate the complicated process of living kidney donor evaluation.
Learn the latest rules regarding your evaluation as a potential living donor in order to optimize your success.
You will be given the tools and the resources to help you make an informed decision.
Useful links to the important resources that regulate the U.S. transplant system will be found here.

J.K Alvarez is a medical and technical writer who lives in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. He has spent hundreds of hours in interviews with transplant personnel from centers across the country to bring you some of the most up to date information possible about becoming a living kidney donor. Especially important is the reference to brand new changes that have only in effect since February 1, 2013 that will standardize the living donor process for all OPTN members hospitals.