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United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
URL: http://www.unos.org/

Description:
Information about all aspects of the transplant process, including getting on waiting lists, financing the procedure, living with a transplant, survival rates by state and institution, and support groups. The site also has statistics, news, papers and links on bioethics, and other links. "Resources" includes calculators for the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and pediatric end-stage liver disease (PELD) numeric scales. Searchable.

Publisher:
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

LII Database Information:
Record 4768 created by Barbara Bibel on 10/18/1999
Last modification on 10/21/2004
Published: 10/18/1999  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4768