Individuals

• Register as an organ donor through driver’s license, donor card, or donor registry

• Inform family members of organ donation decisions

Families

• Discuss organ donation decisions

• Honor prior donation decisions made by the deceased family member

• Provide consent for donation if the deceased family member did not make a decision regarding donation

Healthcare, emergency care, and transplantation systems

• Implement system changes

• Sustain mechanisms and support for continuous quality improvement

• Integrate organ donation and end-of-life care practices and services

• Expand donation opportunities

• Increase opportunities for donation after circulatory determination of death

• Expand and enhance professional education about organ donation and end-of-life care

Nonprofit organizations, academia, government, media, employers

• Provide multiple opportunities for donor registration and education

• Encourage registration through donor cards, driver’s licenses, or donor registries

• Promote programs to increase donor awareness

• Improve media coverage to increase public awareness and reduce misperceptions

• Increase public education

• Coordinate efforts through the use of

• Donor registries

• Uniform state laws