[Strategy for informed consent before a planned live kidney donation].

It has been observed an increasing discrepancy between the supply and demand of cadaveric organs for transplantation for a few years, particularly in renal transplantation. For this living organ donation will occupy an lasting place also in Germany. The new regulation organ donation and transplantation in Germany provides a legal protection and prohibits all forms of organ trading. First of all the transplant team have to take into consideration medical and psychological aspects of donor and recipient but a detailed enlightenment 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 declaration of donor and recipient of the transplant center Jena. The authors conclude, that living organ donation is not a problem after intensive preparation and enlightenment of donor and recipient with the new Transplant Law in the background.