Media reporting plays an important role in increasing public awareness and understanding of organ and tissue donation and transplantation.   Journalists have a responsibility to ensure stories are accurate, respectful, legally compliant, and sensitive to the experiences of donor families, recipients, and healthcare professionals.

The following guidelines are designed to support ethical, informed, and compassionate reporting that respects donors, donor families, recipients, and the broader donation and transplantation community.

Reflections on the experience of brain death from the perspective of donor father, Graham Harrison - Donor Families Australia

A resource produced by DonateLife

Directory of resources and assistance available to donor families, recipient and families, produced by DonateLife

Guidelines on correspondence from donor families to  recipients and families, produced by DonateLife as at July 2021

Guidelines on correspondence from recipients and families to donor families, produced by DonateLife as at July 2021

Book produced by DonateLife, dedicated to all organ and tissue donors and their families who, through their generosity, have changed the lives of others through transplantation.

This Fact Sheet provides some suggestions about how to celebrate Christmas now that our loved one is gone.  Compiled and adapted from Articles from The Compassionate Friends