1. Donate Life Maryland. "Donate Life Maryland." Donate Life Maryland. Donate Life Maryland, 2015. Web. 22 Apr. 2015.
http://www.donatelifemaryland.org/get_the_facts/statistics/
This website provides excellent statistics about organ donation including how many people are currently on the waiting list and how many organ transplants have taken place in past years. It also provides a link where you can register online to become a donor!
"90% of Americans say they support organ donation, but only 30% know the essential steps to take to be a donor."
2. "What Faith Says About Organ Donation." Curriculum Review 43 (2003): 5. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Apr. 2015.
I found this article particularly interesting because it provides an glimpse into different faiths and explains each ones view on organ donation.
3. Zúñiga-Fajuri, Alejandra. "Increasing Organ Donation by Presumed Consent and Allocation Priority: Chile." Bulletin (2015): 199-202. World Health Organization. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.
This article discusses the results, both success and failure, that the opt-out law has had in other countries and suggest potential reasons for this success or failure.
"There is evidence that supports the association between presumed consent and increased donation rates and that countries with opt-out laws have rates 25 to 30% higher than those in countries requiring explicit consent."
4. Health Resources and Services Administration. "Donate the Gift of Life." OrganDonor.gov. US Department of Health and Human Services, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.
"One organ donor can save up to 8 lives."
"Each organ and tissue donor saves or improves the lives of as many as 50 people. Giving the "gift of Life" may lighten the grief of the donor's own family. May donor families say that knowing other lives have been saved helps them cope with their tragic loss."
5. Mayo Clinic Staff. "Mayo Clinic." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 3 May 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.
This website lists, explains, and disproves many myths and concerns people have about organ donation.
6. https://www.onelegacy.org/site/newsroom/presskit/organ_stepbystep.html
One Legacy is a non-profit organization. This website explains the exact process of organ donation.
7. http://columbus.suntimes.com/cbus-news/7/98/26402/saving-sam-10-year-old-waiting-for-life-saving-organ-transplant
This is an article from The Columbus News. It tells the personal story of a ten year old boy named
Sam who is waiting for multiple live saving organ transplants. I did not use this source in my paper,
but it really touched me and I wanted to share his story here.
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