Organ Donation at Mayo Clinic
There are three ways to be an organ donor – living donation, deceased donation, and paired donation. Living donation. You can be a living donor by donating one of your kidneys, part of your liver or bone marrow. There are two forms of living donation. Directed organ donation is when your loved one or friend is in need of a kidney or liver, and you are a match and are able to donate one of your kidneys or part of your liver to them. Non-directed organ donation is when you do not know of a recipient in