Enlightenment in the process of living organ donation in renal transplantation

It has been observed an increasing discrepancy between the supply and deman d of cadaveric organs for transplantation for a few years, particularly in renal transplantation. For this living organ donation will occupy an lastin g place also in Germany. The new regulation organ donatio and transplantati on in Germany provides a legal protection and prohibits all forms of organ trading. First of all the transplant team have to take into consideration m edical and psychological aspects of donor and recipient but a detailed enli ghtenment of the pair concerning risks, complications and long term outcome is important as well. In this paper is introduced the enlightenment procedure and the common decl aration of donor and recipient of the transplant center Jena. The authors c onclude, that living organ donation is not a problem after intensive prepar ation and enlightenment of donor and recipient with the new Transplant Law in the background.