donor family
Gift-of-life relatives
The family of a deceased person whose organs or tissues have been donated for transplantation.
Donor families often receive communication from recipients expressing gratitude, and many hospitals have support programs specifically for them.
The donor family found comfort knowing their son's heart saved another life.
- organBody's working component
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- heart transplantReplacing a failing pump
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- giftItem given freely
gift of life · loss · heart · legacy · memorial · consent · hospital · gratitude · thank you letter · healing · second chance · tissue · courage · remembrance · lifesaving · tragedy · saying goodbye · closure
- family structuresstepfamily, single parent, married couple, multigenerational, childless couple
- organ transplantsorgan transplant, kidney transplant, heart transplant, liver transplant, lung transplant
- transplantsorgan transplant, liver transplant, bone marrow transplant, kidney transplant, heart transplant