The inadequate supply of organs in the United States and other countries continues to drive the
reliance on living donor transplantation. In 2000 representatives of the transplant community
convened for a meeting on living donation in an effort to provide guidelines to promote the
welfare of living donors. The consensus statement that resulted from this meeting recommended
that transplant centers retain an Independent Living Donor Advocate (ILDA) to focus on the best
interest of the donor. A decade later nearly every transplant center in the United States
performing living donor surgeries has incorporated an ILDA into their living donor screening
and or evaluation process Living Donor Advocate provides an overview of living donation and its
risks ethical challenges and future developments? as well as details about the role a Living
Donor Advocate plays in the transplantation process. This book will interest health
professionals across various disciplines and patients undergoing transplantation or living
donor surgery.
