ABA Family Legal Guide

Health-Care Law

Specific Issues in Health Care

Organ Donation

What can be donated?

You can donate your entire body for anatomical study, or you can specify organs and tissues. The most needed organs are kidneys, hearts, livers, lungs, and pancreases. Tissue donations include eyes, skin, heart valves, bone, and bone marrow. You can donate bone marrow and a kidney while you are still living.