Site Map
Every public page on National Friends, organized by topic. Use this page to find what you're looking for, or to share a specific resource with someone who needs it. Everything here is public and educational — not medical advice.
Patient action paths
The five most useful entry points for someone newly navigating a liver transplant pathway.
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The Dual Listing Guide
New
Free workbook on being listed at more than one transplant center.
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Compare Transplant Centers
SRTR-based comparison of U.S. liver transplant programs.
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Support Hub
Phone, email, and chat intake pathways to talk with a real person.
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The Journey
A dual-lane medical + caregiver roadmap from first symptoms to recovery.
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Outreach
Why we exist and how to begin engaging with the foundation.
Patient education
Plain-language clinical understanding of what's actually happening on the waitlist and around evaluation.
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Understanding Your Risk
What MELD captures, what it misses, and why a "low" MELD is not always low risk.
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MELD Score
What MELD is, how it is calculated, and how transplant centers use it.
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Dual Listing — the article
The deeper article behind the Dual Listing Guide workbook.
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Waitlist Overview
How the U.S. liver transplant waiting list works in practice.
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Liver Transplant Waiting List: A Caregiver-First Guide
The waiting list explained from a caregiver's vantage point.
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Liver Transplant Waiting List Map
U.S. transplant centers mapped, with center-level data.
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Living Donor Pathway
What living donor liver transplant involves, for patients and potential donors.
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Patient Rights
Second opinions, multi-listing, requesting evaluation at another center.
Caregiver hub
Resources for the family members and caregivers who carry the operational load alongside the patient.
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Caregiver Resources
The caregiver landing page — orientation and entry points.
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Patient & Caregiver Checklist
Operational checklist for evaluation, waitlist, transplant week, and recovery.
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Caregiver Question Wiki
Structured question sets by clinical stage.
- Wait-time questions
- Survival questions
- Center quality questions
- MELD questions
- Disease questions
- Evaluation questions
- Insurance questions
- Living donor questions
- Pediatric questions
- Post-transplant questions
- Caregiver-direct questions
- Nutrition questions
- Emergency questions
- Mental health questions
- Liver transplant help (overview)
Stories & community
Patient narratives, remembrance, and longer-form writing from the foundation.
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Patient Video Stories
Real liver transplant patients on their journey.
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The Memorial Garden
A curated space of remembrance for people touched by the transplant journey.
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Blog
Longer-form articles and updates from National Friends.
Outreach & newsletter
Subscribe to The National Friends Post and manage your preferences.
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Newsletter
Bi-weekly plain-language updates on liver transplant pathways.
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Opt-in to the National Friends Post
Subscribe by phone (SMS) or email.
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Opt-out
Unsubscribe from SMS and email at any time.
Tools & data
Interactive data tools for transplant center research.
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Data Assistant
AI-assisted exploration of liver transplant center data.
Organization
Who we are, who advises us, and how transplant centers can partner.
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About the Foundation
Mission, scope, and how we work.
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Medical Advisory Board
Clinicians and researchers who review our content.
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For Transplant Centers
Partnership pathways with U.S. liver transplant programs.
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Donate
Optional support for the patient advocacy mission.
Brand & legal
Identity assets, policies, and machine-readable sitemap.
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National Friends Logo
Official brand mark page.
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Privacy Policy
How we handle visitor data — public information posture.
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Terms of Use
Conditions for using nationalfriends.org.
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XML Sitemap
Machine-readable sitemap for search engines.
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robots.txt
Crawler directives.
Public information only. Not medical advice. For education and awareness.